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entwerten — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cancel verb To call off or stop something planned from happening.
  • debauch noun An individual act of debauchery.
  • depreciate verb To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of.
  • punch noun A hit made with a closed fist.
  • validate verb To check that something is correct, official, or meets the required standard.

Senses

entwerten is used for these senses in English:

  • cancel (transitive, neologism) To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable); to disinvite. Compare cancel culture.
  • debauch (transitive) To debase (something); to lower the value of (something).
  • devalue (transitive) To lower or remove the value of something.
  • punch To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.
  • validate (transitive) To render valid.

cancel — full definition

  1. verb To call off or stop something planned from happening.
  2. verb To make something officially invalid.
  3. verb In mathematics, to remove a common factor from both parts of a fraction or equation.
  4. verb Informally, to withdraw public support from someone over controversial behaviour.

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