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English
Etymology
From Middle English annullen, from Old French anuller, from Latin annullō (“annihilate, annul”), from ad (“to”) + nūllus (“none, not any”).
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annul (third-person singular simple present annuls, present participle annulling, simple past and past participle annulled)
- (transitive) To formally revoke the validity of.
- Antonym: uphold
1902, William James, “Lecture 2”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. , →OCLC:If you ask how religion thus falls on the thorns and faces death, and in the very act annuls annihilation, I cannot explain the matter, for it is religion's secret, and to understand it you must yourself have been a religious man of the extremer type.
- (transitive) To dissolve (a marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid.
Derived terms
Translations
dissolve (a marital union)
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