The act of erasing or the condition of being erased

• obliteration

  1. The total destruction of something

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  1. The total destruction of something

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• expunction

  1. The act of expunging or erasing.
  2. The act of expunging or the condition of being expunged:
  3. The condition of being expunged.

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  1. The act of expunging or erasing.
  2. The act of expunging or the condition of being expunged:
  3. The condition of being expunged.

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• erasure

  1. The act or an instance of erasing:
  2. An erased word, mark, etc.
  3. The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.

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  1. The act or an instance of erasing:
  2. An erased word, mark, etc.
  3. The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.

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• deletion

  1. A deleting or being deleted
  2. Material, such as a word or passage, that has been removed from a body of written or printed matter.
  3. (Genetics) A mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome

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  1. A deleting or being deleted
  2. Material, such as a word or passage, that has been removed from a body of written or printed matter.
  3. (Genetics) A mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome

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An often formal act of putting an end to

• extinguishment

  1. (Law) The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation.
  2. The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished.

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  1. (Law) The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation.
  2. The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished.

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• avoidance

  1. (Law) An annulment.
  2. (Law) The act of making void; annulment
  3. The act of shunning or avoiding.

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  1. (Law) An annulment.
  2. (Law) The act of making void; annulment
  3. The act of shunning or avoiding.

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• voidance

  1. The condition of being vacant; emptiness.
  2. Annulment, as of a contract
  3. The act of voiding, of defecating or removing.

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  1. The condition of being vacant; emptiness.
  2. Annulment, as of a contract
  3. The act of voiding, of defecating or removing.

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• nullification

  1. A theory justifying such action.
  2. The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect.
  3. In U.S. history, the refusal of a state to recognize or enforce within its territory any federal law held to be an infringement on its sovereignty

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  1. A theory justifying such action.
  2. The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect.
  3. In U.S. history, the refusal of a state to recognize or enforce within its territory any federal law held to be an infringement on its sovereignty

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• negation

  1. The lack or opposite of some positive character or quality
  2. (Logic) The logical operation which obtains such (negated) propositions.
  3. The act or process of negating.

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  1. The lack or opposite of some positive character or quality
  2. (Logic) The logical operation which obtains such (negated) propositions.
  3. The act or process of negating.

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• invalidation

  1. The act of invalidating, or the state of being invalidated.

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  1. The act of invalidating, or the state of being invalidated.

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• defeasance

  1. (Now rare) Destruction, defeat, overthrow.
  2. The annulment of a contract or deed
  3. (US, law) The rendering void of a contract or deed; an annulment.

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  1. (Now rare) Destruction, defeat, overthrow.
  2. The annulment of a contract or deed
  3. (US, law) The rendering void of a contract or deed; an annulment.

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• annulment

  1. An annulling or being annulled
  2. An act of annulling.
  3. The invalidation of a marriage, as for nonconsummation, effected by means of a declaration stating that the marriage was never valid.

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  1. An annulling or being annulled
  2. An act of annulling.
  3. The invalidation of a marriage, as for nonconsummation, effected by means of a declaration stating that the marriage was never valid.

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• annihilation

  1. The condition of having been annihilated; utter destruction.
  2. (Physics) The phenomenon in which a particle and an antiparticle, such as an electron and a positron, meet and are converted to a combination of energy or energetic particles approximately equivalent to the sum of their masses.
  3. The act or process of annihilating.

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  1. The condition of having been annihilated; utter destruction.
  2. (Physics) The phenomenon in which a particle and an antiparticle, such as an electron and a positron, meet and are converted to a combination of energy or energetic particles approximately equivalent to the sum of their masses.
  3. The act or process of annihilating.

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• abrogation

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• abolition

  1. The act of doing away with or the state of being done away with; annulment.
  2. Abolishment of slavery.
  3. An abolishing or being abolished

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  1. The act of doing away with or the state of being done away with; annulment.
  2. Abolishment of slavery.
  3. An abolishing or being abolished

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• abolishment

  1. The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction. [First attested from the mid 16^th century.]

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  1. The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction. [First attested from the mid 16^th century.]

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