voidance

[ void-ns ]

noun

1. the act of voiding.
2. annulment, as of a contract.
3. vacancy, as of a benefice.

voidance

/ ˈvɔɪdəns /

noun

1. an annulment, as of a contract
2. the condition of being vacant, as an office, benefice, etc
3. the act of voiding, ejecting, or evacuating

Other Words From

• pre·voidance noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of voidance¹

1350–1400; Middle English, aphetic variant of avoidance

Word History and Origins

Origin of voidance¹

C14: variant of avoidance

Example Sentences

But such voidance must not be confounded with the voidance of a treaty from its very beginning; see above, 501.

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But Arden, risking the discovery of her voidance of the campus prohibition, kept on her rather perilous way.

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