English Explanatory Dictionary

annulment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An act or instance of annulling.
  2. The state of having been annulled.
  3. An invalidation of something, especially a legal contract.
  4. A legal (notably judicial) declaration that a marriage is invalid; the procedure leading to it.
  5. Total destruction.

Pronunciation

/əˈnʌl.mənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-annulment.wav

Word forms

annulment annulments

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.

Synonyms

abolition cancellation nullification abrogation annulment deauthentication devalidation invalidation renunciation revocation termination vitiation declaration of nullity

Derived words

disannulment nonannulment

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 宣告無效 /宣告无效 Dutch: ontbinding Dutch: nietigverklaring (van een huwelijk) Finnish: avioliiton mitätöinti French: annulation German: Nichtigerklärung Hungarian: felbontás Hungarian: érvénytelenítés Portuguese: anulação Spanish: anulación
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