disaffirmance
Voiding an agreement
Disaffirmance is the act of repudiating or voiding something, particularly a contract or legal obligation.
The term appears most often in contract law, where minors have the right of disaffirmance—they can reject agreements made before reaching legal age: She exercised her right of disaffirmance upon turning eighteen.
The word implies a formal rejection of something previously accepted or implied.
Declared void from start
- voidingNullifying or emptying
- abrogationAbolition of a law
- quashingForcibly ending or voiding
- rescissionFormal annulment of agreements
countermanding · overturning · repeal · cancellation · vitiation · retraction · expunction · vacating
Formal annulment of agreements
- voidableCapable of being nullified
- minorScale with lowered third
- capacityMaximum amount containable
- repudiationFormal refusal to accept
annulment · nonage · incompetence · avoidance · infancy · ratification · disavowal · misrepresentation
Denial or cancellation
- disavowalRejection of connection
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
- refutationDisproving a statement
- repudiationFormal refusal to accept
rebuff · nonacceptance · disclaimer · dissent · recantation · refusal · rejection · renunciation
annulment
Declared void from start
- voidingNullifying or emptying
- abrogationAbolition of a law
- quashingForcibly ending or voiding
rescission · countermanding · overturning · repeal · cancellation · vitiation · retraction · expunction · vacating · setting aside
rescission
Formal annulment of agreements
repudiation · annulment · nonage · incompetence · avoidance · infancy · ratification · disavowal · misrepresentation · coercion
negation
Denial or cancellation
- disavowalRejection of connection
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
- refutationDisproving a statement
repudiation · rebuff · nonacceptance · disclaimer · dissent · recantation · refusal · rejection · renunciation · abnegation
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Formal approval by authority
affirmance · confirmation · validation · adoption · endorsement
affirm, confirmed, confirmation, affirmation, affirmative, confirming, unconfirmed, confirms, reaffirm