nullified
Rendered legally invalid
Nullified is the past tense of nullify, meaning to make something legally void or to cancel its effect entirely.
A court nullifies a contract when it declares the agreement invalid.
A later discovery might nullify earlier findings.
The evidence was nullified by procedural errors.
To nullify is to reduce something to nothing—to treat it as if it never existed.
Made legally ineffective
- invalidatedMade no longer binding
- rescindedFormally withdrew or canceled
- revokedOfficially canceled or withdrawn
- abolishedFormally ended by authority
canceled · quashed · overturned · vacated · abrogated · repealed · dissolved · terminated
Proved an argument false
- debunkedExposed as fraudulent
- discreditedProven unworthy of trust
- invalidatedMade no longer binding
- contradictedOpposed a statement
challenged · repudiated · denied · rejected · contested · disputed · countered · rebutted
Nullified by opposition
- offsetCompensate by opposing force
- neutralizedMade ineffective or harmless
- canceled outNegated by opposing force
- negatedMade invalid or ineffective
undermined · obviated · defeated · thwarted · frustrated · blocked · stymied · vitiated
voided
Made legally ineffective
- invalidatedMade no longer binding
- rescindedFormally withdrew or canceled
- revokedOfficially canceled or withdrawn
abolished · canceled · quashed · overturned · vacated · abrogated · repealed · dissolved · terminated · countermanded
refuted
Proved an argument false
- debunkedExposed as fraudulent
- discreditedProven unworthy of trust
- invalidatedMade no longer binding
contradicted · challenged · repudiated · denied · rejected · contested · disputed · countered · rebutted · disconfirmed
counteracted
Nullified by opposition
- offsetCompensate by opposing force
- neutralizedMade ineffective or harmless
- canceled outNegated by opposing force
negated · undermined · obviated · defeated · thwarted · frustrated · blocked · stymied · vitiated · weakened
- discontinueddiscontinued, terminated, cancelled, ended, stopped
- nullifiedvoided, invalidated, rescinded, revoked, repealed
- outcastsoutcast, pariah, pariahs, outcasts, outlaws
- removedremoved, taken out, eliminated, deleted, erased
- legal statuslegal status, legal capacity, civil status, personhood, legal entity
- disqualifiersbanned, barred, excluded, ineligible, disqualified
nullifiedratified
Formally approved, made official
validated · confirmed · upheld · legalized · sanctioned
nullifiedenforced
Made to be followed
enacted · activated · implemented · effectuated · empowered
nullifiedestablished
Formally set up
instituted · created · enacted · instated · inaugurated
- jury nullificationPanel ignores law, acquits