annulment

Meanings

Noun

the state of being cancelled or annulled
(law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc)
the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
An act or instance of annulling.
The state of having been annulled.
An invalidation of something, especially a legal contract.
A legal (notably judicial) declaration that a marriage is invalid; the procedure leading to it.
Total destruction.

Origin / Etymology

Recorded since the 15th century (sense destruction); from Middle English anullement, partly from annullen (from Middle French annuller, from Latin annūllāre, from ad (“to”) + nūllus (“not any, nothing”) + verbal ending -āre) + -ment (“means to”) (from Latin -mentum) and partly from Middle French annullement. By surface analysis, annul + -ment.

Synonyms

abolition, abrogation, cancellation, declaration of nullity, invalidation, nullification, repeal, revocation

Scrabble Score: 11

annulment is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
annulment is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 17

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