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annulment.

An act or instance of annulling.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/əˈnʌl.mənt/
  1. An act or instance of annulling.

    countable · uncountable
    marriage annulment
    grant an annulment
  2. The state of having been annulled.

    countable · uncountable
  3. An invalidation of something, especially a legal contract.

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

    countable · uncountable
  5. Total destruction.

    archaic · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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.

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