nullification

nullification
n
1. annulment, annulling, disan-nulment, voidance, avoidance, Law. defeasance; quashing, invalidation, vitiation, Obs. vacatur, disen-actment, disestablishment, setting aside; cancellation, discharge; repeal, revoking, revocation, rescinding, rescission, reversal, abrogation, abolishment, abolition; suspension, Law. nolle prosequi, stopping, discontinuance, cessation.
2. recantation, retraction, retractation, abjuration, withdrawal, recall; renouncement, renunciation, repudiation, relinquishment, abnegation; denial, negation, disclaimer, disclamation, disavowal; taking back, undoing, Cards. renege; countermand, countermanding, counterorder, overruling, overriding, veto.
3. neutralization, frustration; counterpoise, offsetting, counterbalance, counteraction, contravention, contradiction.
4. termination, dissolution, putting an end to, doing away with, bringing to an end; elimination, destruction, extinguishment, effacement, wiping out; obliteration, annihilation, eradication, expunging, extirpation, extermination; blotting out, stamping out, crushing out, sweeping away.

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