Nullify

['nʌlɪfaɪ] or ['nʌlɪ'fai]

Definition

(a.) To make void; to render invalid; to deprive of legal force or efficacy.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Annul, invalidate, cancel, abrogate, repeal, make void, make of no effect.

Typist: Manfred

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Abrogate, neutralize, cancel, abolish, extinguish, annul, quash, repeal

ANT:Confirm, perpetuate, reenact, stabilitate, establish, cherish

Editor: Sidney

Definition

v.t. to make null: to annul: to render void or of no force:—pr.p. null′ifying; pa.t. and pa.p. null′ified.—ns. Nullificā′tion a rendering void or of none effect esp. (U.S.) of a contract by one of the parties or of a law by one legislature which has been passed by another; Null′ifier; Null′ity the state of being null or void: nothingness: want of existence force or efficacy.

Typist: Molly