ANNULMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does annulment mean? 

• ANNULMENT (noun)
  The noun ANNULMENT has 3 senses:

1. the state of being cancelled or annulled

2. (law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc)

3. the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation

  Familiarity information: ANNULMENT used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANNULMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being cancelled or annulled

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

annulment; revocation

Hypernyms ("annulment" is a kind of...):

state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

annulment; invalidation

Hypernyms ("annulment" is a kind of...):

breakup; dissolution (the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations))

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "annulment"):

dissolution of marriage (an annulment of a marriage)

Derivation:

annul (declare invalid)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

abrogation; annulment; repeal

Hypernyms ("annulment" is a kind of...):

cancellation (the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "annulment"):

derogation ((law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law; a partial repeal or abolition of a law)

vacation (the act of making something legally void)

recall (the act of removing an official by petition)

revocation (the act (by someone having the authority) of annulling something previously done)

Derivation:

annul (cancel officially)