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ANNULMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
Synonyms:
abrogation; annulment; repeal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("annulment" is a kind of...):
cancellation (the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "annulment"):
derogation ((law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law; a partial repeal or abolition of a law)
vacation (the act of making something legally void)
recall (the act of removing an official by petition)
revocation (the act (by someone having the authority) of annulling something previously done)
Derivation:
annul (cancel officially)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc)
Synonyms:
annulment; invalidation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("annulment" is a kind of...):
breakup; dissolution (the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations))
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "annulment"):
dissolution of marriage (an annulment of a marriage)
Derivation:
annul (declare invalid)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The state of being cancelled or annulled
Synonyms:
annulment; revocation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("annulment" is a kind of...):
state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)
