nullify

To nullify is to invalidate something or cancel the effectiveness of something.

(verb)

When a contract is declared no longer valid, this is an example of a situation where you nullify a contract.

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See nullify in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb nullified, nullifying

  1. to make legally null; make void; annul
  2. to make valueless or useless; bring to nothing
  3. to cancel out

Origin: LL(Ec) nullificare, to despise < L nullus, none (see null) + facere, to make, do

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See nullify in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb nul·li·fied, nul·li·fy·ing, nul·li·fies
  1. To make null; invalidate.
  2. To counteract the force or effectiveness of.

Origin:

Origin: Latin nūllificāre, to despise

Origin: : nūllus, none; see ne in Indo-European roots

Origin: + -ficāre, -fy

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