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NULLIFICATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something
Synonyms:
nullification; override
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("nullification" is a kind of...):
change of state (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nullification"):
cancellation (the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement)
vitiation (nullification by the destruction of the legal force; rendering null)
counteraction; neutralisation; neutralization (action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action)
neutralisation; neutralization (action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war)
Derivation:
nullify (make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of)
nullify (declare invalid)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("nullification" is a kind of...):
states' rights (a doctrine that federal powers should be curtailed and returned to the individual states)
Derivation:
nullify (declare invalid)
