annul
Make it nothing
To annul is to declare something legally void, as if it never existed.
Courts annul marriages, contracts, or decrees: The church annulled their marriage after discovering he was already wed.
Unlike divorce, annulment treats the union as invalid from the start.
More broadly, to annul is to cancel or invalidate: The court's ruling annulled the previous verdict.
Make null or void
- voidWithout legal effect
- revokeOfficially cancel authorization
- rescindFormally cancel or withdraw
- abrogateFormally abolish or annul
quash · vacate · overturn · countermand · set aside · repeal · abolish · vitiate
Revoke or terminate
- voidWithout legal effect
- negateCancel or disprove
- undoReverse a prior action
- withdrawRemove or pull away
retract · terminate · dissolve · extinguish · discontinue · end · cease · abolish
Legal end of matrimony
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- separationState of being apart
- matrimonialRelating to wedlock
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
custody · alimony · bigamy · voidable · spousal · prenuptial · conjugal · ecclesiastical
invalidate
Make null or void
abrogate · quash · vacate · overturn · countermand · set aside · repeal · abolish · vitiate · decree
cancel
Revoke or terminate
withdraw · retract · terminate · dissolve · extinguish · discontinue · end · cease · abolish · invalidate
divorce
Legal end of matrimony
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- separationState of being apart
- matrimonialRelating to wedlock
decree · custody · alimony · bigamy · voidable · spousal · prenuptial · conjugal · ecclesiastical · impediment
- reversalsreverse, undo, revert, overturn, flip
- cancelcancel, invalidate, revoke, repeal, rescind
- undoundo, undo button, backtrack, revert, reverse
- Counterspellscounterspell, counter, negate, cancel, dispel
- deletiondelete, erase, erasure, cross out, strike out
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
- marriage annulmentLegal undoing of matrimony
- religious annulmentChurch ruling marriage invalid
- church annulmentReligious invalidation of matrimony
- annulment papersLegal marriage cancellation documents
- legal annulmentCourt-ordered marriage cancellation