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Invalidation

The act of inavlidating, or the state of being invalidated.

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Breakup 76% connected

the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations)

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Dissolution 76% connected

The act of dissolving, sundering, or separating into component parts; separation.

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Operation 76% connected

The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

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Process 76% connected

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

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Invalidate 74% connected

To render invalid; to weaken or lessen the force of; to destroy the authority of; to render of no force or effect; to overthrow; as, to invalidate an…

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Invalidate 74% connected

To render invalid; to weaken or lessen the force of; to destroy the authority of; to render of no force or effect; to overthrow; as, to invalidate an…

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Quash 74% connected

Same as Squash.

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Quash 74% connected

Same as Squash.

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Annulment 92% connected

The act of annulling; abolition; invalidation.

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heretical doctrine taught by Arius that asserted the radical primacy of the Father over the Son

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the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

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the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

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something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result

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(psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams

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the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making"

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Docetism noun · 86% connection

the heretical doctrine (associated with the Gnostics) that Jesus had no human body and his sufferings and death on the cross were appa…

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Doctrine noun · 86% connection

a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

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(psychoanalysis) the conscious mind

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Episteme noun · 86% connection

the body of ideas that determine the knowledge that is intellectually certain at any particular time

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a religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element; considered heresy by Christian churches

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a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

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the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

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(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

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Mitigating circumstance noun · 86% connection

(law) a circumstance that does not exonerate a person but which reduces the penalty associated with the offense

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Monothelitism noun · 86% connection

the theological doctrine that Christ had only one will even though he had two natures (human and divine); condemned as heretical in th…

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Voided adjective · 78% connection

Annulled; invalidated.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inavlidating, invalidated.
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Invalidated imp. & p. p. · 72% connection

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