annuls
Makes officially void
Annuls is the third-person singular of annul, meaning to declare something legally invalid or void, as if it never existed.
Courts annul marriages, and authorities annul contracts or decrees: The judge annuls the election results due to fraud.
Unlike cancellation, annulment treats the thing as having been invalid from the start.
Without legal effect
- invalidateMake null or void
- rescindFormally cancel or withdraw
- revokeOfficially cancel authorization
- quashSuppress or nullify
vacate · abrogate · overturn · repeal · countermand · set aside · strike down · cancel
Without legal effect
- rescindFormally cancel or withdraw
- terminateBring to an end
- cancelRevoke or terminate
- invalidateMake null or void
revoke · breach · dissolve · discharge · agreement · covenant · obligation · consideration
Legal end of matrimony
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- invalidateMake null or void
- voidWithout legal effect
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
petition · grounds · impediment · bigamy · fraud · coercion · consanguinity · underage
Cancel or disprove
- neutralizeCancel an effect
- counteractNullify by opposing force
- undoReverse a prior action
- cancel outNeutralize by opposing force
offset · reverse · obviate · invalidate · wipe out · obliterate · efface · eradicate
void
Without legal effect
- invalidateMake null or void
- rescindFormally cancel or withdraw
- revokeOfficially cancel authorization
quash · vacate · abrogate · overturn · repeal · countermand · set aside · strike down · cancel · dissolve
void
Without legal effect
invalidate · revoke · breach · dissolve · discharge · agreement · covenant · obligation · consideration · misrepresentation
divorce
Legal end of matrimony
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- invalidateMake null or void
- voidWithout legal effect
decree · petition · grounds · impediment · bigamy · fraud · coercion · consanguinity · underage · unconsummated
negate
Cancel or disprove
- neutralizeCancel an effect
- counteractNullify by opposing force
- undoReverse a prior action
cancel out · offset · reverse · obviate · invalidate · wipe out · obliterate · efface · eradicate · extinguish
annulsreinstates
Returns to former position
restores · renews · revives · reestablishes · prolongs
annulsenacts
Makes officially binding
establishes · creates · institutes · ordains · decrees
- 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