Dictionary

annulment en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /əˈnʌl.mənt/

Etymology

Recorded since the 15th century (sense destruction); from Middle English anullement, partly from annullen (from Middle French annuller, from Latin annūllāre, from ad (“to”) + nūllus (“not any, nothing”) + verbal ending -āre) + -ment (“means to”) (from Latin -mentum) and partly from Middle French annullement. By surface analysis, annul + -ment.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An act or instance of annulling.
   • petition for annulment
   • The marriage was declared void by an official annulment.
   • marriage annulment
   • grant an annulment
   • They sought an annulment instead of a divorce.
2. (countable, uncountable) The state of having been annulled.
3. (countable, uncountable) An invalidation of something, especially a legal contract.
4. (countable, uncountable) A legal (notably judicial) declaration that a marriage is invalid; the procedure leading to it.
5. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Total destruction.

Forms

Deriveds

disannulment · nonannulment

Synonyms

cancellation · nullification · abolition · vitiation · abolition · cancellation · devalidation · termination · declaration of nullity · deauthentication · abrogation · nullification · renunciation · invalidation · revocation · annulment

Translations (79)

hu felbontás (legal invalidation of a marriage) · nl annullering (act or instance of annulling) · nl herroeping (act or instance of annulling) · cmn 廢除 /废除 (act or instance of annulling) · nl vernietiging (total destruction) · nl ontbinding (legal invalidation of a marriage) · nl nietigverklaring (invalidation; declaration of something as being invalid) · pl anulowanie (act or instance of annulling) · fr annulation (legal invalidation of a marriage) · da annullering (act or instance of annulling) · pl unieważnienie (invalidation; declaration of something as being invalid) · hu semmisség (state of having been annulled) · hu sztornírozás (act or instance of annulling) · hu storno (act or instance of annulling) · cmn 廢除 /废除 (state of having been annulled) · el ακύρωση (invalidation; declaration of something as being invalid) · la abolitiō (act or instance of annulling) · pl anulowanie (invalidation; declaration of something as being invalid) · hu sztornózás (act or instance of annulling) · hu sztornó (act or instance of annulling) · bg анулиране (act or instance of annulling) · ru упраздне́ние (act or instance of annulling) · de Annullierung (invalidation; declaration of something as being invalid) · pl unieważnienie (act or instance of annulling) · pl abolicja (invalidation; declaration of something as being invalid) · es anulación (legal invalidation of a marriage) · hu hatálytalanítás (act or instance of annulling) · bg отмяна (act or instance of annulling) · ru аннули́рование (act or instance of annulling) · ro anulare (act or instance of annulling) · da annullation (total destruction) · el ανάκληση (act or instance of annulling) · fi kumoaminen (act or instance of annulling) · fi täystuho (total destruction) · hu érvénytelenítés (legal invalidation of a marriage) · es anulación (act or instance of annulling) · fi mitätöiminen (act or instance of annulling) · fi avioliiton mitätöinti (legal invalidation of a marriage) · fi mitätöinti (invalidation; declaration of something as being invalid) · pl abolicja (act or instance of annulling) · mi whakakāhoretanga (act or instance of annulling) · nl annulering (act or instance of annulling) · bg анулиране (invalidation; declaration of something as being invalid) · cmn 宣告無效 /宣告无效 (invalidation; declaration of something as being invalid) · hu hatályon kívül helyezés (invalidation; declaration of something as being invalid) · cmn 無效 /无效 (state of having been annulled) · nl annulatie (act or instance of annulling) · fi mitättömyys (state of having been annulled) · nl nietigverklaring (van een huwelijk) (legal invalidation of a marriage) · da annullation (act or instance of annulling) · pt anulação (invalidation; declaration of something as being invalid) · ota لغو (act or instance of annulling) · ka ანულირება (act or instance of annulling) · hu megsemmisítés (act or instance of annulling) · cmn 宣告無效 /宣告无效 (legal invalidation of a marriage) · yi אַנולירונג (invalidation; declaration of something as being invalid) · ota ابطال (act or instance of annulling) · hu semmítés (invalidation; declaration of something as being invalid) · fr annulation (invalidation; declaration of something as being invalid) · pt aniquilação (total destruction) · nl vernietiging (invalidation; declaration of something as being invalid) · pt anulação (legal invalidation of a marriage) · pt anulação (act or instance of annulling) · hu érvénytelenítés (act or instance of annulling) · yi אַנולירונג (act or instance of annulling) · de Nichtigerklärung (legal invalidation of a marriage) · ro invalidare (invalidation; declaration of something as being invalid) · nl tenietdoening (act or instance of annulling) · cmn 完全毀滅 /完全毁灭 (total destruction) · pl skasowanie (total destruction) · de Annullierung (act or instance of annulling) · ro anulare (invalidation; declaration of something as being invalid) · ru отме́на (act or instance of annulling) · da annullation (invalidation; declaration of something as being invalid) · da annullering (total destruction) · fi mitätöinti (act or instance of annulling) · cmn 徹底摧毀 /彻底摧毁 (total destruction) · cmn 宣告無效 /宣告无效 (act or instance of annulling) · fi mitätöiminen (invalidation; declaration of something as being invalid)