vbl. sb. [f. ABOLISH v. + -ING1.] The act or process of putting an end to, or doing away with; a suppression, destruction, or annihilation; abolition. (Now mostly gerundial.)
1549. J. Ponet (title), Ochinus, Bernard, of Siena. A Tragedie or Dialoge of the uniuste vsurped Primacie of the Bishop of Rome, and of the iust Abolishyng of the same, etc.
1653. Milton, Cons. Hirelings, Wks. 1851, 353. To have prov’d in general the abolishing of Tithes.
a. 1665. Goodwin, A being filled with the Spirit (1867), 299. The abolishing or cessation of the deeds of the flesh.
