Etymology
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Recorded since the 15th century (sense destruction); from annul (from Middle English annullen, from Middle French annuller, from Latin annullare, from ad (“to”) + nullus (“not any, nothing”) + verbal ending -are) + -ment (“means to”) (from Latin -mentum).
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /əˈnʌl.mənt/
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annulment (countable and uncountable, plural annulments)
- An act or instance of annulling.
- The state of having been annulled.
- (law) An invalidation of something, especially a legal contract.
- (law) A legal (notably judicial) declaration that a marriage is invalid; the procedure leading to it.
- (archaic) Total destruction.
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Translations
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act or instance of annulling
- Bulgarian: отмяна (bg) (otmjana), анулиране (bg) (anulirane)
- Chinese:
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- Danish: annullation (da) c, annullering (da) c
- Dutch: tenietdoening f, annulatie (nl) f, annullering, herroeping (nl) f, annulering (nl) f
- Finnish: kumoaminen (fi), mitätöiminen (fi), mitätöinti (fi)
- French: (please verify) annulation (fr), (please verify) nullification (fr)
- German: Annullierung (de) f
- Greek: ανάκληση (el) (anáklisi)
- Hungarian: érvénytelenítés (hu), megsemmisítés (hu), hatálytalanítás (hu), storno (hu), sztornó (hu), sztornózás, sztornírozás
- Latin: abolitiō f
- Maori: whakakāhoretanga
- Ottoman Turkish: ابطال (ibtal)
- Polish: anulowanie (pl) n, abolicja (pl) f, unieważnienie (pl) n
- Portuguese: anulação (pt) f
- Romanian: anulare (ro)
- Russian: отме́на (ru) f (otména), аннули́рование (ru) n (annulírovanije), упраздне́ние (ru) n (uprazdnénije)
- Spanish: anulación (es) f
- Yiddish: אַנולירונג f (anulirung)
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state of having been annulled
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- Finnish: mitättömyys (fi)
- Hungarian: semmisség (hu)
- Spanish: please add this translation if you can
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invalidation; declaration of something as being invalid
legal invalidation of a marriage
