English edit

Etymology edit

auto- +‎ cancel

Verb edit

autocancel (third-person singular simple present autocancels, present participle (UK) autocancelling or (US) autocanceling, simple past and past participle (UK) autocancelled or (US) autocanceled)

  1. (transitive) To cancel (a previously posted message on Usenet) automatically.

Noun edit

autocancel (plural autocancels)

  1. A Usenet control message, generated automatically, that cancels a previously posted message.