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annul

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an·nul  (-nl)
tr.v. an·nulled, an·nul·ling, an·nuls
1. To make or declare void or invalid, as a marriage or a law; nullify.
2. To obliterate the effect or existence of: "The significance of the past . . . is annulled in idle gusts of electronic massacre" Alexander Cockburn.

[Middle English annullen, from Old French annuller, from Late Latin annullre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin nullus, none; see ne in Indo-European roots.]

annul
Verb
[-nulling, -nulled] to declare (a contract or marriage) invalid [Latin nullus not any]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.annul - declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
strike down, cancel - declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law"
break - invalidate by judicial action; "The will was broken"
stet - printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion
2.annul - cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
go back on, renege, renege on, renegue on - fail to fulfill a promise or obligation; "She backed out of her promise"
strike down, cancel - declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law"

annul
verb invalidate, reverse, cancel, abolish, void, repeal, recall, revoke, retract, negate, rescind, nullify, obviate, abrogate, countermand, declare or render null and void << OPPOSITE restore
Translations
Spanish annul [əˈnʌl] vtanular [+ law]; revocar
French annul [əˈnʌl] vtannuler [+ law]; abroger
German annul [əˈnʌl] vtannullieren;
(law) → aufheben

Italian annul [əˈnʌl] vtannullare [+ law]; rescindere

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Many arguments might have been adduced to prove the unfitness of two such seemingly contradictory authorities, each having power to ANNUL or REPEAL the acts of the other.
I have shown that no society of slaves can endure, because, in its very nature, such society must annul the law of development.
If it be possible to annul our marriage, let it be done.
 
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