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cancellation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /kænsəˈleɪʃən/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Latin cancellātiō, from cancellō + -tiō.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.
    • Then, in January, a creeping tsunami of train cancellations, triggered by major staff absences as a result of the aggressive transmissibility of Omicron, heaped further misery on rail users. 2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:
  2. (countable, uncountable) The operation of striking out common factors, e.g. in both the dividend and divisor.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A postmark that marks a postage stamp so as to prevent its reuse.
  4. (countable, uncountable) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to cancel the registration of a trademark or patent.
  5. (countable, uncountable) The property of being cancellate.
    • 194?, Columbia University. School of Dental and Oral Surgery, Principles of Radiodontia Spongy bone is composed of cancellated areas appearing as a fine, interlacing network. These cancellated spaces are irregular both in size and shape. The normal cancellation is rather large […]

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
cancellations Number=Plur lexicographic
cancelation US, alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

active noise cancellation · noise cancellation · precancellation · noncancellation

Relateds

cancel · killer cancel

Synonyms

annulment · termination · termination · devalidation · cancellation · abrogation · abolition · nullification · annulment · revocation · deauthentication · vitiation · revocation · stoppage · invalidation · renunciation

Translations (64)

fa لغو (act of cancelling) · it annullo (act of cancelling) · cs zrušení (act of cancelling) · de Streichung (act of cancelling) · ka ანულირება (act of cancelling) · de Widerruf (act of cancelling) · ko 삭제 (act of cancelling) · it revoca (act of cancelling) · it cancellazione (act of cancelling) · pt invalidação (act of cancelling) · it abrogazione (act of cancelling) · ota لغو (act of cancelling) · pt resignação (act of cancelling) · fr suppression (act of cancelling) · ja 抹消 (act of cancelling) · pt cancelamento (act of cancelling) · tl payi (act of cancelling) · it disdetta (act of cancelling) · ml റദ്ദാക്കൽ (act of cancelling) · nl afgelasting (act of cancelling) · tl pagpayi (act of cancelling) · sv förkortning (act of cancelling) · ko 취소 (act of cancelling) · ko 말소 (act of cancelling) · es anulación (act of cancelling) · de Aufhebung (act of cancelling) · cs storno (act of cancelling) · ka გაუქმება (act of cancelling) · de Absage (act of cancelling) · sv återbud (act of cancelling) · sv avbokning (act of cancelling) · sv avbeställning (act of cancelling) · ja 解除 (act of cancelling) · ja 削除 (act of cancelling) · es supresión (act of cancelling) · sl preklic (act of cancelling) · fr annulation (act of cancelling) · ru расторже́ние (act of cancelling) · es rescisión (act of cancelling) · fr élimination (act of cancelling) · sv upphävande (act of cancelling) · pl anihilacja (act of cancelling) · ko 해제 (act of cancelling) · ru отме́на (act of cancelling) · pt anulação (act of cancelling) · de Stornierung (act of cancelling) · fi peruutus (act of cancelling) · ota ابطال (act of cancelling) · id pembatalan (act of cancelling) · sv strykning (act of cancelling) · ka შეწყვეტა (act of cancelling) · de Kündigung (act of cancelling) · el ακύρωση (act of cancelling) · nl intrekken (act of cancelling) · he ביטול \ בִּטּוּל (act of cancelling) · ja 取り消し (act of cancelling) · it sospensione (act of cancelling) · ru отка́з (act of cancelling) · fr résiliation (act of cancelling) · it annullamento (act of cancelling) · cmn 取消 (act of cancelling) · ca cancel·lació (act of cancelling) · da annullering (act of cancelling) · es cancelación (act of cancelling)