nullify
Make legally void
To nullify is to make something legally void or ineffective: The court nullified the contract.
More broadly, it means to cancel out or negate: Her efforts were nullified by his carelessness.
Jury nullification occurs when jurors acquit despite evidence of guilt, effectively nullifying the law they disagree with.
Without legal effect
- rescindFormally cancel or withdraw
- abrogateFormally abolish or annul
- quashSuppress or nullify
- revokeOfficially cancel authorization
vacate · overturn · repeal · abolish · countermand · set aside · dissolve · retract
Cancel or disprove
- neutralizeCancel an effect
- counteractNullify by opposing force
- offsetCompensate by opposing force
- cancel outNeutralize by opposing force
undo · reverse · counterbalance · obviate · defuse · cancel · thwart · frustrate
Prove something untrue
- debunkExpose as false
- discreditHarm another's reputation
- disproveProve something untrue
- contradictDispute a statement
rebut · repudiate · confute · controvert · demolish · undercut · impugn · challenge
Reduce in strength
- diminishTo make smaller
- undermineWeaken by stealth
- neutralizeCancel an effect
- stripNarrow elongated piece
deprive · disenfranchise · disarm · defang · emasculate · enfeeble · hobble · incapacitate
void
Without legal effect
revoke · vacate · overturn · repeal · abolish · countermand · set aside · dissolve · retract · voidance
negate
Cancel or disprove
- neutralizeCancel an effect
- counteractNullify by opposing force
- offsetCompensate by opposing force
cancel out · undo · reverse · counterbalance · obviate · defuse · cancel · thwart · frustrate · defeat
refute
Prove something untrue
contradict · rebut · repudiate · confute · controvert · demolish · undercut · impugn · challenge · disconfirm
weaken
Reduce in strength
- diminishTo make smaller
- undermineWeaken by stealth
- neutralizeCancel an effect
strip · deprive · disenfranchise · disarm · defang · emasculate · enfeeble · hobble · incapacitate · marginalize
- cancelcancel, revoke, repeal, rescind, abolish
- counteractneutralize, offset, counterbalance, cancel out, negate
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
- reversalsreverse, undo, revert, overturn, flip
- spellsspell, cast, conjure, curse, enchantment
- cancellation wordscancellation, revoking, voiding, repeal, rescission
- jury nullificationPanel ignores law, acquits
nullifiable, nullification, nullity, nullified, nullifying, nullifies, annulling