cancellation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
  2. noun the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void

WordNet

Can`cel*la"tion noun
Etymology
L. cancellatio: cf. F. cancellation.
Definitions
  1. The act, process, or result of canceling; as, the cansellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.
  2. (Math.) The operation of striking out common factora, in both the dividend and divisor.

Webster 1913