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Cancellation

The act, process, or result of canceling; as, the cansellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.

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Abrogation 76% connected

The act of abrogating; repeal by authority.

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Annulment 76% connected

The act of annulling; abolition; invalidation.

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Attainder 76% connected

The act of attainting, or the state of being attainted; the extinction of the civil rights and capacities of a person, consequent upon sentence of de…

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Repeal 76% connected

To recall; to summon again, as persons.

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Rescission 76% connected

The act of rescinding, abrogating, annulling, or vacating; as, the rescission of a law, decree, or judgment.

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Negation 76% connected

The act of denying; assertion of the nonreality or untruthfulness of anything; declaration that something is not, or has not been, or will not be; de…

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Nullification 76% connected

The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect.

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Override 76% connected

To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.

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Cancel 74% connected

To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.

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Cancel 74% connected

To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.

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