ANNULMENT
Dictionary entry overview: What does annulment mean?
• ANNULMENT (noun)
The noun ANNULMENT has 3 senses:
1. the state of being cancelled or annulled
2. (law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc)
3. the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
Familiarity information: ANNULMENT used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• ANNULMENT (noun)
Meaning:
The state of being cancelled or annulled
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
annulment; revocation
Hypernyms ("annulment" is a kind of...):
state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)
Meaning:
(law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
invalidation; annulment
Hypernyms ("annulment" is a kind of...):
breakup; dissolution (the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations))
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "annulment"):
dissolution of marriage (an annulment of a marriage)
Meaning:
The act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
abrogation; repeal; annulment
Hypernyms ("annulment" is a kind of...):
cancellation (the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "annulment"):
derogation ((law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law; a partial repeal or abolition of a law)
vacation (the act of making something legally void)
recall (the act of removing an official by petition)
revocation (the act (by someone having the authority) of annulling something previously done)
