nullification

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or no legal effect.
2. (countable, uncountable) The nullification crisis in U.S. history, confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government in 1832–33 over the former's attempt to declare null and void within the state the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832.
3. (countable, neologism, uncountable) Surgical removal of genitals (and sometimes nipples) as a form of body modification.

Synonyms

cancellation

invalidation

revocation

annulment

voidance

negation

override

repeal

vitiation

voiding

writing off

abolishment

nulling

abolition

abrogation

rescission

reset

reversal

undoing

vacation

Translations

ακύρωση

anulación

anulação

Annullierung

anul·lació

afzegging

annulation

annullamento

afgelasting

invalidació

Kündigung

Aufhebung

Löschung

Storno

إِسْقاط

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌnʌlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin nullificatio, from nullifico, equivalent to null + -ification.