Annullieren — meaning in English

English meaning

• abrogation noun The act of officially stopping or canceling something.
• annul verb To officially declare something invalid or void, as if it never legally existed.
• cancel verb To call off or stop something planned from happening.
• nix noun Nothing, zero.
• nullify verb To make something have no legal force or effect.
• repeal verb To officially cancel a law.
• rescind verb To officially cancel or revoke something, such as a law, order, or agreement.
• revoke verb To officially cancel or withdraw something, such as a license, law, or permission.
• void adjective Completely empty; containing nothing.

Senses

Annullieren is used for these senses in English:

• abrogation The act of abrogating.
• cancel (transitive) To invalidate or annul something.
• nix To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel. [from 1903]
• nullify (transitive, legal) To make legally invalid.
• rescind (transitive) To repeal, annul, or declare void; to take (something such as a rule or contract) out of effect.
• revoke (transitive) To cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing.
• rule out (transitive) To disallow.
• void (transitive, obsolete) To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave.

abrogation — full definition

1. noun The act of officially stopping or canceling something.
2. noun An official cancellation of a law or rule by those with the power to do so.
3. noun (science) The blocking of a process at the molecular level.

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