nullification
noun
Origin of nullification
Related Words for nullification
abolishment, abrogation, revocation, annulment, dissolution, ending, rescission, end, eradication, negation, subversion, overthrow, extirpation, voidance, invalidation, suppression, elimination, obliteration, repeal, destructionExamples from the Web for nullification
Contemporary Examples of nullification
This behavior is so unprecedented that neutral observers have likened it to nullification and other anti-majoritarian tactics.
His point being I guess that nullification wasn't limited to the South.
The nullification craziness, mostly talk during the first Obama term, is inching toward codification.
It's a form of nullification, and Jim DeMint even used the word.
Were there protest marches, mass donnings of tricorn hats, nullification threats from states regarding federal legislation?
Historical Examples of nullification
Nullification, the forerunner of disunion, rose from a question of tariff.
The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915Basil L. Gildersleeve
This was the doctrine of nullification which grew to secession in 1860.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by YearEdwin Emerson
The topic of nullification was dragged in by Southern speakers.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by YearEdwin Emerson
“Nullification” was the name which this referendum soon acquired.
Expansion and ConflictWilliam E. Dodd
She would dance his nullification, she would dance to her unseen Lord.
The RainbowD. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence