Synset

declare null and void; make ineffective
<verb.social>

sample sentences

"Cancel the election results"
"strike down a law"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

cancellation cancel cancellation

semantic pointers

hyponym

repeal, rescind, lift, revoke, annul, countermand, reverse, overturn, vacate remit write off invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify recall

hypernym

declare, adjudge, hold