cancellation

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.
2. (countable, uncountable) The operation of striking out common factors, e.g. in both the dividend and divisor.
3. (countable, uncountable) A postmark that marks a postage stamp so as to prevent its reuse.
4. (countable, uncountable) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to cancel the registration of a trademark or patent.
5. (countable, uncountable) The property of being cancellate.

Synonyms

annulment

abolition

revocation

cancel

abrogation

deletion

nullification

reversal

abolishment

invalidation

erasure

rescission

elimination

cancelation

voidance

negation

withdrawal

writing off

eradication

removal

repeal

recall

recision

deposal

liquidation

obliteration

release

rescinding

retraction

countermand

repayment

repudiation

resolution

revoke

scrub

surrender

suspension

termination

break off an engagement

cancel a contract

undo

undoing

withdraw

write off

calling off

CAN

clearing off

striking off

disappear-ance

being annulled

Translations

annulation

anulación

Aufhebung

ακύρωση

cancelación

cancellazione

annullamento

Streichung

abrogazione

annullo

résiliation

Annullierung

abrogation

suppression

afschaffing

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kænsəˈleɪʃən/

Etymology

From Latin cancellātiō, from cancellō + -tiō.