ANNULLING

ANNUL

revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate

(verb) cancel officially; “He revoked the ban on smoking”; “lift an embargo”; “vacate a death sentence”

invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify

(verb) declare invalid; “The contract was annulled”; “void a plea”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

annulling

present participle of annul

Noun

annulling (plural annullings)

An annulment.

Source: Wiktionary


ANNUL

An*nul", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annulled; p. pr. & vb. n. Annulling.] Etym: [F. annuler, LL. annullare, annulare, fr. L. ad to + nullus none, nullum, neut., nothing. See Null, a.]

1. To reduce to nothing; to obliterate. Light, the prime work of God, to me's extinct. And all her various objects of delight Annulled. Milton.

2. To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to do away with; -- used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by component authority. Do they mean to annul laws of inestimable value to our liberties Burke.

Syn.

– To abolish; abrogate; repeal; cancel; reverse; rescind; revoke; nullify; destroy. See Abolish.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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