nullifying
Rendering legally invalid
Nullifying means making something legally void or ineffective.
A court may nullify a contract, a jury may nullify a law by refusing to convict, a later decision may nullify an earlier one.
The word extends beyond legal contexts: His apology was nullified by his smirk.
To nullify is to cancel out, rendering something powerless or as if it never existed.
Without legal effect
- rescindFormally cancel or withdraw
- revokeOfficially cancel authorization
- invalidateMake null or void
- abrogateFormally abolish or annul
quash · vacate · overturn · repeal · abolish · dissolve · countermand · retract
Cancel an effect
- counteractNullify by opposing force
- negateCancel or disprove
- offsetCompensate by opposing force
- cancel outNeutralize by opposing force
counterbalance · undo · reverse · obviate · defuse · mitigate · undermine · subvert
void
Without legal effect
- rescindFormally cancel or withdraw
- revokeOfficially cancel authorization
- invalidateMake null or void
abrogate · quash · vacate · overturn · repeal · abolish · dissolve · countermand · retract · withdraw
neutralize
Cancel an effect
- counteractNullify by opposing force
- negateCancel or disprove
- offsetCompensate by opposing force
cancel out · counterbalance · undo · reverse · obviate · defuse · mitigate · undermine · subvert · thwart
refute
Prove something untrue
contradict · rebut · deny · impugn · challenge · demolish · puncture · undercut · expose · falsify
obliterate
Destroy all traces of
wipe out · eliminate · extinguish · scrub · blot out · delete · remove · strike · clear · purge
- neutralizationneutralization, pH balance, buffer, buffer solution, buffering
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
- repudiatingrenouncing, disclaiming, rejecting, disavowing, disowning
- Replacement termsreplacing, supplanting, displacing, swap, switch
- setting asidereserving, saving, shelving, parking, stashing
nullifyingvalidating
Confirming truth or accuracy
ratifying · affirming · confirming · upholding · sanctioning
nullifyingactivating
Causing to function
enabling · reinforcing · strengthening · empowering · amplifying
nullifyingestablishing
Creating or setting up
preserving · maintaining · sustaining · perpetuating · creating
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