cancellation

/kænsəˈleɪʃən/

/kænsəˈleɪʃən/

Other forms: cancellations

Definitions of cancellation

1. noun

   the act of calling off or revoking a planned event or agreement
   types:

   abrogation, annulment, repeal

   the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation

   write-off

   the act of cancelling from an account a bad debt or a worthless asset

   attainder, civil death

   cancellation of civil rights

   recission, rescission

   (law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made

   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

   type of:

   nullification, override

   the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something
2. noun

   something, such as an event or agreement, that has been called off
   type of:

   negation

   the speech act of negating
3. noun

   neutralization of a force, signal, effect, or value by introducing an equal and opposite one