nullification
English edit
Etymology edit
null + -ification
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nullification (countable and uncountable, plural nullifications)
- The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or no legal effect.
- The nullification crisis in U.S. history, confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government in 1832–33 over the former's attempt to declare null and void within the state the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832.
- (neologism) Surgical removal of genitals (and sometimes nipples) as a form of body modification; a person who has undergone this surgery is a nullo.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
the act of nullifying something
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the nullification crisis in U.S. history
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French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nullification f (plural nullifications)
- nullification, in the sense of American constitutional law
Further reading edit
- “nullification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.