Cancellation

Quick meaning: Cancellation is a noun meaning The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.

Meaning

The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.

More Meanings

1. (mathematics) The operation of striking out common factors, e.g. in both the dividend and divisor.
2. (philately) A postmark that marks a postage stamp so as to prevent its reuse.
3. (anatomy) The property of being cancellate.
4. (law) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to cancel the registration of a trademark or patent.

Example Sentences

Then, in January, a creeping tsunami of train cancellations, triggered by major staff absences as a result of the aggressive transmissibility of Omicron, heaped further misery on rail users.

194?, Columbia University. School of Dental and Oral Surgery, Principles of Radiodontia Spongy bone is composed of cancellated areas appearing as a fine, interlacing network. These cancellated spaces are irregular both in size and shape. The normal cancellation is rather large […]

Word Forms

• cancellations
• cancelation

Synonyms for cancellation

Depending on context, synonyms include annulment, revocation, stoppage, termination, abolition, abrogation.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rescind, revoke, repealing, canceled, revocation, cassation.

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