Cancel synonyms and antonyms
kăn'səl
Category:
Part of speech:
To withdraw, repeal, rescind, cancel, or annul (a law, permit, etc.)
Repudiate is to refuse to have anything to do with or to reject in a public way.
(Obs.) To interpret; explain
To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given.
To judicially declare something to be void either from the date of decree or ab initio.
render invalid
To mark out
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render null and void
To make void
render void
To make void
To remove any sign of; obliterate, as from the mind
wipe-the-slate-clean
(Idiomatic) To make a fresh start, for example by forgetting about previous differences and disagreements.
To nullify is to invalidate something or cancel the effectiveness of something.
(Idiomatic) To strike out; to cross out; to draw a line through.
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To mark out
declare null and void
To make void
declare invalid
To make void
To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice.
To draw back:
(Biology) To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
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To drop is defined as to fall down, to cause something to fall down to the ground or to become lower or less.
To make void
deprive of force
To make void
The act of invalidating, or the state of being invalidated.
To turn inside out or upside down:
To completely destroy; to put an end to; to extirpate.
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To begin to make one's way.
To mark out
To cause (something) to become blank.
(Idiomatic) To make something impossible.
To damage something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous manner.
To remove (a file, for example) from a hard drive or other storage medium.
(Printing) To take out (a letter, word, etc.); delete
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To remove a body organ or part completely, as by surgery, disease, or radiation.
stamp across
To mark out
To recant is to publicly take back something you said or to state that you no longer believe something in which you once believed.
Vacate is to move, leaving a place uninhabited or to leave a job position, leaving a job open, or to make something void.
To make ineffective; destroy or counteract the effectiveness, force, disposition, etc. of
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To set aside is to put something off until later or to reserve it for a specific purpose.
To prove (an argument or statement) to be false or wrong, by argument or evidence
To make void; repeal or annul.
To suppress; to repel.
To evacuate, or discharge (urine or feces)
To stop doing or providing (something); end or abandon:
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To remove oneself from active participation:
To make or form an offset in (a wall, bar, or pipe).
balance-out
(Idiomatic, of contrasting elements) To counteract one another so as to be balanced.
render inert
To make void
To bring about the downfall, destruction, or ending of, especially by force or concerted action:
To make a thin shallow cut or mark on (a surface) with a sharp instrument.
To make into scrap; break up
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maintain (antonym)
Maintain is defined as to keep in a current state in order to prevent from failing or breaking or to carry on or to support or provide.
renew (antonym)
To repeat so as to reaffirm:
sustain (antonym)
To affirm the validity of:
approve (antonym)
(English Law) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit;—said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
eliminate (related)
To get rid of; remove:
abolish (related)
To do away with; put an end to; annul:
abrogative
Tending or designed to abrogate.
The act of nullifying or the state of being nullified:
To recant solemnly; renounce or repudiate:
To come to an end; terminate
enforce (antonym)
To enforce is described as to compel someone to abide by a rule, law or order.
terminate (related)
To ask or order to return:
The definition of abrogate is defined as to end something, especially when some formal step is needed to end it.
A remedy by which a court calls in, annuls, and retains possession of a void or rescinded written legal document because it may cause unnecessary litigation or make a person’s title to property unclear. For example, a court may call in, annul, and retain possession of a void deed to real estate that a party used to falsely claim title to someone else’s real property, in order to prevent any such claims in the future.
confirm (antonym)
To make firmer; strengthen:
Expunge is defined as to erase or get rid of.
To fail to include or mention; leave out:
Ignore is defined as to deliberately disregard, or to avoid noticing.
To be removable:
To remove impurities from (a gas) chemically.
sanction (antonym)
To give official authorization or approval to; to countenance.
uphold (antonym)
To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.
Which can be cancelled.
revocatory
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
revokable
Alternative spelling of revocable.
The act of abrogating; a repeal by authority; abolition. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
(Formal) A ceasing or discontinuance, as of action, whether temporary or final.
Material, such as a word or passage, that has been removed from a body of written or printed matter.
Repudiation of self or other.
The condition of being expunged.
recision
A rescinding or annulling
A reducing or being reduced
To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like; to disclaim; to disown.
To make invalid; deprive of legal force
To nullify or cause to be ineffective.
To quash is to suppress or put an end to something.
To refer (something) for deliberation, judgment, etc. (to a particular body or person).
To give up (a claim, right, belief, etc.), usually by a formal public statement
(Slang) To throw away; discard:
To invalidate either partially or completely.
corroborate (antonym)
To make more certain the validity of; confirm; bolster; support
reenact (antonym)
To perform again:
permit (antonym)
The definition of permit is to allow something.
establish (antonym)
To bring about; generate or effect:
arrange (antonym)
To plan or prepare for:
imbalance (antonym)
equal out
tip (antonym)
Tip means to give a small amount of money to someone who's given a service.
To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out.
To bring into contact, causing electrical interference
To be transferred or removed by contact or proximity:
To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
To spread or apply by or as if by wiping:
A symbol for the word cross. Used in combination, as in Xing for crossing or motoX for motocross.
(Law) To make void; nullify
continue (related)
To remain in the same place or position; stay
An almost white colour, with tints of grey, yellow or brown; originally that of natural fabric. [from 20th c.]
reschedule (related)
postpone (related)
waive (related)
withdraw from (related)
expire (related)
suspend (related)
re-schedule (related)
refund (related)
(Physics) To participate in annihilation. Used of particles and antiparticles.
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