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annulment

noun
/əˈnʌl.mənt/

Etymology

Recorded since the 15th century (sense destruction); from Middle English anullement, partly from annullen (from Middle French annuller, from Latin annūllāre, from ad (“to”) + nūllus (“not any, nothing”) + verbal ending -āre) + -ment (“means to”) (from Latin -mentum) and partly from Middle French annullement. By surface analysis, annul + -ment.

  1. derived from annullement
  2. derived from -mentum
  3. derived from annūllō
  4. derived from annuller
  5. inherited from anullement

Definitions

  1. An act or instance of annulling.

    • marriage annulment
    • grant an annulment
    • petition for annulment

  2. The state of having been annulled.

  3. An invalidation of something, especially a legal contract.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A legal (notably judicial) declaration that a marriage is invalid

      A legal (notably judicial) declaration that a marriage is invalid; the procedure leading to it.

    2. Total destruction.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA