nullification

Making something void

Nullification is the act of making something legally void or ineffective.

A court may order the nullification of a contract.

Historically, nullification refers to the doctrine that U.S. states could refuse to enforce federal laws they deemed unconstitutional—a position that contributed to the Civil War and is now rejected.

More generally, to nullify is to cancel or negate: His later actions nullified any goodwill he'd earned.

legal

repeal

Annul a statute

revocationOfficial cancellation of privilege
abrogationAbolition of a law
rescissionFormal annulment of agreements

invalidation · veto · override · voiding · quashing · vacatur · disallowance · reversal · overturning · set-aside

states-rights

interposition

Placing something between others

secessionFormal withdrawal from union
sovereigntySupreme independent authority
tariffTax on traded goods

Calhoun · resistance · defiance · disobedience · sanctuary · non-compliance · protest · rebellion

cancellation

voiding

Nullifying or emptying

terminationAct of ending something
dissolutionBreaking up completely
abolitionFormal discontinuation of practice

discontinuation · withdrawal · rescinding · retraction · revocation · undoing · negation · erasure · expungement · elimination

invalidation

discrediting

Damaging another's reputation

refutationDisproving a statement
disproofEvidence showing falsehood
debunkingProving claims false

undermining · disqualification · delegitimization · falsification · contradiction · negation · rebuttal · challenge · rejection · dismissal

void

emptiness

Absence of substance

vacuumAbsence of matter
nothingnessComplete absence of existence
absenceState of not being

nonexistence · vacuity · blankness · erasure · obliteration · extinction · disappearance · annihilation · elimination · effacement

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discrediting

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