annul

Verb
  1. Declare invalid (synset 202483482)
    "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
    hypernym: cancel, strike down - declare null and void; make ineffective
    hyponym:
    • set aside - annul (a legal decision)
    • break - invalidate by judicial action
    • stet - printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion
    synonym: avoid, invalidate, nullify, quash, void
  2. Cancel officially (synset 200801460)
    "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
    hypernym: cancel, strike down - declare null and void; make ineffective
    hyponym: go back on, renege, renege on, renegue on - fail to fulfill a promise or obligation
    synonym: countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate

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