In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
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
Word of the Day
26 June 2025
DISPIRITEDLY
(adverb) in a dispirited manner without hope; “the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances”
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