annulling (verb)

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• annul — verb annulled, annulling (transitive often passive) technical to state that a marriage or legal agreement no longer exists annulment noun (C, U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• repeal — re·peal /ri pēl/ vt [Anglo French repeler, from Old French, from re back + apeler to appeal, call, from Latin appellare to address, entreat, call by name]: to rescind or annul by authoritative act; esp: to revoke or abrogate by legislative… …   Law dictionary

• CHOSEN PEOPLE — CHOSEN PEOPLE, a common designation for the people of Israel, expressing the idea that the people of Israel stands in a special and unique relationship to the universal deity. This idea has been a central one throughout the history of Jewish… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• annul — transitive verb (annulled; annulling) Etymology: Middle English annullen, from Anglo French annuller, from Late Latin annullare, from Latin ad + nullus not any more at null Date: 15th century 1. to reduce to nothing ; obliterate …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• negative — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. denying (see negation); minus (see deduction). n. negation. See photography. Ant., positive; plus. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Involving a refusal] Syn. denying, negatory, dissentient, disavowing,… …   English dictionary for students

• recall — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. recollect, remember; revoke, annul, withdraw; retract, countermand; revive, restore. See memory, nullification. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To call to mind] Syn. recollect, think of, revive, evoke; see… …   English dictionary for students

• repeal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. revoke, recall, annul, nullify, vacate, abrogate. See nullification. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. abrogation, annulment, cancellation, revocation, reversal, withdrawal, abolition; see also cancellation …   English dictionary for students

• annul — [[t]ənʌ̱l[/t]] annuls, annulling, annulled VERB: usu passive If an election or a contract is annulled, it is declared invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed. [be V ed] Opposition party leaders are now pressing for the… …   English dictionary

• annul — [ə nʌl] verb (annuls, annulling, annulled) declare (a law or contract, especially that of marriage) invalid. Derivatives annulment noun Origin ME: from OFr. anuller, from late L. annullare, from ad to + nullum nothing …   English new terms dictionary

• annul — UK [əˈnʌl] / US verb [transitive] Word forms annul : present tense I/you/we/they annul he/she/it annuls present participle annulling past tense annulled past participle annulled to state officially that something such as a marriage, an agreement …   English dictionary

• annul — /əˈnʌl / (say uh nul) verb (t) (annulled, annulling) 1. to make void or null; abolish (used especially of laws or other established rules, usages, and the like): to annul a marriage. 2. to reduce to nothing: obliterate. {Middle English anulle(n) …