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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cancellation |
| Synonyms: | annulment, discontinuation, ending, invalidation, quashing, repudiation, rescission, retraction, reversal, voiding, withdrawal |
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| Main Entry: | abolition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | formal act of putting an end to, annulling |
| Synonyms: | abolishment, abrogation, annihilation, annulment, cancellation, destruction, dissolution, elimination, end, ending, eradication, extirpation, invalidation, negation, nullification, obliteration, overthrow, overturning, quashing, repeal, repudiation, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, revocation, subversion, suppression, termination, voiding, wiping out, withdrawal |
| Antonyms: | confirmation, establishment, establishment, institution, legalization, promotion |
| Main Entry: | annulment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | voiding an agreement |
| Synonyms: | abatement, abolition, abrogation, annihilation, breakup, cancellation, countermanding, dedomiciling, deletion, discharge, dissolution, erasing, going phfft, invalidation, negation, neutralization, nullification, obliteration, recall, repeal, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, retraction, reversal, revocation, split up, split*, undoing, vitiation, voiding |
| Antonyms: | enactment, restoration, retention, validation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cancellation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calling off; erasure |
| Synonyms: | abandoning, abandonment, abolishing, abolition, abrogation, annulment, canceling, deletion, dissolution, dissolving, elimination, invalidating, invalidation, nullification, overruling, quashing, recall, recalling, repeal, repudiation, retirement, retracting, retraction, reversal, reversing, revocation, revoking, undoing, withdrawing |
| Antonyms: | allowance, approval, arrangement, establishment, permission |
| Main Entry: | desertion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abandonment |
| Synonyms: | abrogation, absconding, apostasy, avoidance, backsliding, betrayal, castoff, defecting, departing, departure, derelict, dereliction, disaffection, disavowal, disavowing, divorce, elusion, escape, evasion, falling away, falseness, flight, forsaking, going back on, leaving, marooning, perfidy, recreancy, rejection, relinquishment, renunciation, repudiation, resignation, retirement, retreat, running out on, secession, tergiversation, treachery, truancy, withdrawal |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, help, staying |
| Main Entry: | repeal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cancellation |
| Synonyms: | abolition, abrogation, annulment, invalidation, nullification, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, revocation, withdrawal |
| Antonyms: | approval, enactment, passage, sanction, validation |
| Main Entry: | repudiation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | denial |
| Synonyms: | abrogation, cancellation, disapproval, disavowal, refusal |
| Main Entry: | retraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recantation |
| Synonyms: | abjuration, abnegation, about-face, abrogation, annulment, backpedaling, backtracking, contradiction, contraversion, denial, disavowal, disclaimer, disowning, forswearing, gainsaying, nullification, recall, reneging, renouncing, repudiation, reversal, revocation, unsaying, volte-face, withdrawal |
| Antonyms: | confirmation, corroboration, reaffirmation |
| Main Entry: | revocation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annulment |
| Synonyms: | abrogation, cancellation, repeal, repudiation, rescindment, retraction, voiding |
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