annul

[ uh-nuhl ]
/ əˈnʌl /

verb (used with object), an·nulled, an·nul·ling.

(especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate: to annul a marriage.
to reduce to nothing; obliterate.
to cancel (a regularly scheduled train, plane, social event, etc.) for one day or one time only.

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Origin of annul

1375–1425; late Middle English < Anglo-French annuler < Late Latin adnūllāre render null (calque of Greek exoudeneîn), equivalent to ad- ad- + -nullāre, verbal derivative of Latin nūllus no, not any

SYNONYMS FOR annul

1 nullify; rescind, repeal.

OTHER WORDS FROM annul

an·nul·la·ble, adjectiveself-an·nul·ling, adjectiveun·an·nul·la·ble, adjectiveun·an·nulled, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH annul

anal annual annul

Words nearby annul

annualize, annuit coeptis, annuitant, annuity, annuity certain, annul, annular, annular cataract, annular clock, annular eclipse, annular ligament
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Words related to annulling

invalidate, delete, revoke, reverse, expunge, vacate, undo, abolish, nullify, retract, quash, dissolve, cancel, abrogate, repeal, declare, rescind, efface, scrub, annihilate

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British Dictionary definitions for annulling

annul
/ (əˈnʌl) /

verb -nuls, -nulling or -nulled

(tr) to make (something, esp a law or marriage) void; cancel the validity of; abolish

Derived forms of annul

annullable, adjective

Word Origin for annul

C14: from Old French annuller, from Late Latin annullāre to bring to nothing, from Latin nullus not any; see null
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