'Cancellation' definitions:
Definition of 'cancellation'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
noun
The speech act of revoking or annulling or making void
Definition of 'Cancellation'
From: GCIDE
- Cancellation \Can`cel*la"tion\, n. [L. cancellatio: cf. F. cancellation.]
- 1. The act, process, or result of canceling; as, the cansellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Math.) The operation of striking out common factors, in both the dividend and divisor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cancellation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandonment,
- abbreviation,
- abolishment,
- abolition,
- abridgment,
- abrogation,
- annulment,
- arabesque,
- basketry,
- basketwork,
- blot,
- blotting,
- blotting out,
- blue-penciling,
- bowdlerization,
- cancel,
- canceling,
- cancelling,
- cassation,
- censoring,
- censorship,
- cessation,
- counterbalancing,
- countermand,
- counterorder,
- cross-hatching,
- crossing-out,
- defeasance,
- deletion,
- discontinuance,
- editing,
- effacement,
- elimination,
- erasure,
- expunction,
- expurgation,
- filigree,
- frank,
- fret,
- fretwork,
- frustration,
- grace period,
- grate,
- grating,
- grid,
- gridiron,
- grille,
- grillwork,
- hachure,
- hatching,
- interlacement,
- intertexture,
- intertwinement,
- invalidation,
- lace,
- lacery,
- lacework,
- lacing,
- lattice,
- latticework,
- mesh,
- meshes,
- meshwork,
- moratorium,
- net,
- netting,
- network,
- neutralization,
- nullification,
- obliteration,
- offsetting,
- omission,
- plexure,
- plexus,
- postage,
- postage stamp,
- postmark,
- raddle,
- recall,
- recantation,
- renege,
- repeal,
- rescinding,
- rescindment,
- rescission,
- reticle,
- reticulation,
- reticule,
- reticulum,
- retraction,
- reversal,
- revocation,
- revoke,
- revokement,
- riddle,
- screen,
- screening,
- scrubbing,
- setting aside,
- sieve,
- stamp,
- stoppage,
- striking,
- suppression,
- suspension,
- termination,
- texture,
- thwarting,
- tissue,
- tracery,
- trellis,
- trelliswork,
- undoing,
- vacation,
- vacatur,
- vitiation,
- voidance,
- voiding,
- waiver,
- waiving,
- washing out,
- wattle,
- weave,
- weaving,
- web,
- webbing,
- webwork,
- weft,
- wicker,
- wickerwork,
- wiping out,
- withdrawal,
- write-off