annul Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb declare invalid
invalidate; void; nullify; quash; avoid.
- The contract was annulled
- void a plea
verb cancel officially
revoke; reverse; countermand; lift; vacate; overturn; repeal; rescind.
- He revoked the ban on smoking
- lift an embargo
- vacate a death sentence

F. annuler, LL. annullare, annulare, fr. L. ad to + nullus none, nullum, neut., nothing. See Null, a.

imperfect & past participle Annulled present participle & verbal noun Annulling

To reduce to nothing; to obliterate.
Light, the prime work of God, to me's extinct. And all her various objects of delight Annulled. Milton.
To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to do away with; -- used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by component authority.
Do they mean to annul laws of inestimable value to our liberties? Burke.
Syn. -- To abolish; abrogate; repeal; cancel; reverse; rescind; revoke; nullify; destroy. See Abolish.