mitätöinti — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abolition noun The act of officially ending a law, system, or practice, especially slavery.
- acquittal noun A court decision that a person is not guilty of the crime they were charged with.
- annulment noun The act of officially cancelling something, especially a legal declaration that a marriage was never valid.
- nullification noun The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or no legal effect.
- vacation noun A trip or period of time away from home taken for rest or pleasure.
Senses
mitätöinti is used for these senses in English:
- abolition The act of abolishing; an annulling; abrogation. [First attested around the early 16th century.]
- acquittal (historical) The act of releasing someone from debt or other obligation; acquittance. [from 15th c.]
- annulment An act or instance of annulling.
- annulment (legal) An invalidation of something, especially a legal contract.
- defacement An act of voiding or devaluing; nullification of the face value.
- nullification The nullification crisis in U.S. history, confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government in 1832–33 over the former's attempt to declare null and void within the state the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832.
- vacation (US, legal) The act of making legally void.