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View synonyms for annulment

annulment

[ uh-nuhl-muhnt ]

noun

  1. the act of annulling, especially the formal declaration that annuls a marriage.
  2. Psychoanalysis. a mental process by which unpleasant or painful ideas are abolished from the mind.


annulment

/ əˈnʌlmənt /

noun

  1. a formal invalidation, as of a marriage, judicial proceeding, etc
  2. the act of annulling
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • nonan·nulment noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of annulment1

1485–95; annul + -ment or < Middle French annulement
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Example Sentences

Despite the annulment of the 2014 Anti-Homosexuality Act that was meant to criminalize the act of same-sex relations by life imprisonment and even capital punishment in Uganda, members of the LGBTQ community continue to face unwarranted reproof.

I felt like it’s so unfair that Protestants can’t get annulments, and I’ll convert.

From Time

Previously, frustrated couples had to go through a bureaucratic annulment process that often involved cumbersome fees.

From Ozy

But he says not everyone wants to adopt the so-called American style annulment factory.

The demand for annulment matters because Grayson is rich, even by Congress's high standards.

A source also told the paper that Aaliyah ended all contact with Kelly after the annulment.

The new law contains a clause barring its annulment or appeal.

She was divorced in 1983, and there is no sign of her having secured an annulment.

He then succeeded in taking away the ancient rights of the town, upon the annulment of which he had set his mind.

Shiela, dear, some day will you very quietly ask some woman the difference between divorce and annulment?

It would make new complications, application of annulment—oh, innumerable opportunities to harass you.

The assembly was greatly alarmed and directed its agents to seek the annulment of this patent also.

Impotence, when anterior to marriage, may be put forward as a ground for annulment by either party.

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