nihil

British  

/ ˈnaɪhɪl, ˈniːhɪl /

noun

1. nil; nothing

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Example Sentences

Archbishops of San Francisco and Denver must grant a “nihil obstat,” a declaration the church has no moral objection to a transaction.

From The Wall Street Journal

In Spain, for example, nonresidents may be married in a Catholic church if they obtain a nihil obstat, a document declaring that the bishop of their church at home does not object.

From New York Times

This emergence of subjective feelings from physical stuff appears inconceivable and is at odds with a basic precept of physical thinking, the Ur-conservation law—ex nihilo nihil fit.

From Scientific American

I made the discovery that nothing takes longer in the saying than any thing else, for, as ex nihilo nihil fit, so from one polypus nothing any number of similar ones may be produced.

From Project Gutenberg

Your nihil permits you to spit upon blood and ethics.

From Project Gutenberg