- cancel
- v1. void, avoid, declare null and void, render null and void, nullify, disannul, annul, quash, invalidate, vitiate, vacate, disenact, disestablish; set aside, call off, supersede, discharge; cease, Law. nol-pros, stop, discontinue, break off; countermand, counterorder, override, overrule; veto, negate.2. revoke, rescind, abrogate, reverse, repeal, abolish; recant, retract, withdraw, take back, recall; renounce, relinquish, repudiate, abjure, forswear, abnegate; disavow, disclaim, disown, deny; unsay, go back on one's word, eat one's words, back-pedal, renege; tergiversate, apostatize, defect, change one's mind.3. delete, Print. dele, blue-pencil, x out, cross out, strike out, scratch out, mark off; blot out, rub out, crush out, wipe out, erase, efface; expunge, eradicate, obliterate.4. neutralize, nullify, expiate, compensate for, make up for, offset; counterbalance, counterpoise, counteract, countervail.5. write off, absolve, clear, wipe the slate clean, eliminate.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.