Meaning of CANCELLATION
| Pronunciation: | | `kansu'leyshun
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- [n] the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
- [n] the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void
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| | See Also: | | abrogation, annulment, attainder, civil death, negation, nullification, override, recission, repeal, rescission, write-off | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Can`cel*la"tion\, n. [L. cancellatio: cf. F.
cancellation.]
1. The act, process, or result of canceling; as, the
cansellation of certain words in a contract, or of the
contract itself.
2. (Math.) The operation of striking out common factors, in
both the dividend and divisor.
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