'Nullify' definitions:
Definition of 'nullify'
From: WordNet
verb
Declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea" [syn: invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify] [ant: formalise, formalize, validate]
verb
Show to be invalid [syn: invalidate, nullify] [ant: validate]
verb
Make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts" [syn: neutralize, neutralise, nullify, negate]
Definition of 'Nullify'
From: GCIDE
- Nullify \Nul"li*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nullified; p. pr. & vb. n. Nullifying.] [L. nullificare; nullus none + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Null, a., and -fy.] To make void; to render invalid; to deprive of legal force or efficacy. [1913 Webster]
- Such correspondence would at once nullify the conditions of the probationary system. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To abrogate; revoke; annul; repeal; invalidate; cancel. See Abolish. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'nullify'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- abjure,
- abolish,
- abrogate,
- absolve,
- annihilate,
- annul,
- assert the contrary,
- belie,
- bring to naught,
- bring to nothing,
- buffer,
- cancel,
- cancel out,
- come to nothing,
- compensate,
- confine,
- contest,
- contradict,
- contravene,
- controvert,
- counter,
- counteract,
- counterbalance,
- countermand,
- counterorder,
- countervail,
- cross,
- declare a moratorium,
- deny,
- disaffirm,
- disallow,
- disannul,
- disavow,
- disclaim,
- disown,
- disprove,
- dispute,
- do away with,
- forswear,
- frustrate,
- gainsay,
- impugn,
- invalidate,
- join issue upon,
- limit,
- make void,
- negate,
- negativate,
- negative,
- neutralize,
- not accept,
- not admit,
- obliterate,
- offset,
- oppose,
- override,
- overrule,
- quash,
- recall,
- recant,
- refuse to admit,
- refute,
- renege,
- renounce,
- repeal,
- repudiate,
- rescind,
- restrict,
- retract,
- reverse,
- revoke,
- set aside,
- stultify,
- suspend,
- take back,
- take issue with,
- thwart,
- undo,
- vacate,
- vitiate,
- void,
- waive,
- wipe out,
- withdraw,
- write off