cancellation
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cancellation
- /kænsəˈleɪʃən/ US
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Latin cancellātiō, from cancellō + -tiō.
noun cancellations · cancelation
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The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.
Then, in January, a creeping tsunami of train cancellations, triggered by major staff absences as a result of the aggressive transmissibility of Omicron, heaped further misery on rail users.
Similar: annulment, revocation, stoppage, termination, abolition, abrogation, cancellation, deauthentication, devalidation, invalidation, nullification, renunciation
- The operation of striking out common factors, e.g. in both the dividend and divisor.
- A postmark that marks a postage stamp so as to prevent its reuse.
- In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to cancel the registration of a trademark or patent.
- The property of being cancellate. 194?, Columbia University. School of Dental and Oral Surgery, Principles of Radiodontia Spongy bone is composed of cancellated areas appearing as a fine, interlacing network. These cancellated spaces are irregular both in size and shape. The normal cancellation is rather large […]
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: rescind, revoke, repealing, canceled, revocation, cassation, annul, rescission, annulment, repeal, canceller, abrogation, deregistration, unsubscribe, abolition, dissolution
Translations
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noun act of cancelling
| Español | cancelación, rescisión, anulación, supresión |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 취소 chwiso, 삭제 sakje, 말소 malso, 해제 haeje |
| 日本語 | 取り消し torikeshi, 削除 sakujo, 抹消 masshō, 解除 kaijo |
| 中文 | 取消 qǔxiāo |
| Português | cancelamento, anulação, invalidação, resignação |
| Français | annulation, résiliation, suppression, élimination |
| Deutsch | Aufhebung, Kündigung, Streichung, Widerruf, Absage, Stornierung |
| Italiano | cancellazione, annullamento, disdetta, revoca, annullo, sospensione |
| Ελληνικά | ακύρωση akýrosi |
| Русский | отме́на otména, отка́з otkáz, расторже́ние rastoržénije |
| עברית | ביטול \ בִּטּוּל bitúl |
Talk about this word "cancellation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cancellation. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cancellation. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cancellation "cancellation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cancellation.Cite this
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title = {cancellation},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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