cancellation
US/kænsəˈleɪʃən/
cancellation noun: the act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.
Noun
cancellation (countable and uncountable, plural cancellations)
- The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.
- Then, in January, a creeping tsunami of train cancellations, triggered by major staff absences as a result of the aggressive transmissibility of Omicron, heaped further misery on rail users.2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3
- Synonyms:
- annulment, revocation, stoppage, termination, abolition, abrogation, deauthentication, devalidation, invalidation, nullification
- The operation of striking out common factors, e.g. in both the dividend and divisor.
- A postmark that marks a postage stamp so as to prevent its reuse.
- In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to cancel the registration of a trademark or patent.
- The property of being cancellate.
- 194?, Columbia University. School of Dental and Oral Surgery, Principles of Radiodontia
Spongy bone is composed of cancellated areas appearing as a fine, interlacing network. These cancellated spaces are irregular both in size and shape. The normal cancellation is rather large […]
- 194?, Columbia University. School of Dental and Oral Surgery, Principles of Radiodontia
cancellation meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
cancellation in Tamil
- களைதல், நீக்கம், நீக்குதல், விலக்குதல், ரத்துப்பண்ணுதல்
cancellation in Telugu
- రద్దు, రద్దుచేయడం
More languagesFewer languages
- cancellation in Malayalam
- റദ്ദാക്കൽ ṟaddākkal
- cancellation in Kannada
- ನೀಗಾಣಿಕೆ, ರದ್ದಿಯಾತಿ, ರದ್ದತಿ
- cancellation in Odia
- ବାତିଲକରଣ
- cancellation in Tagalog
- payi, pagpayi
- cancellation in Indonesian
- pembatalan
- cancellation in Persian
- لغو lağv
Examples of cancellation in a sentence
- There is a cancellation charge if you withdraw your order.
- The cancellation has fueled skepticism and disappointment among Adele’s Daydreamers, her fandom.
- Air NZ has used active noise cancellation system supplied by local noise cancelling gurus, Phitek.
Synonyms of cancellation
- annulment
- revocation
- stoppage
- termination
- abolition
- abrogation
- deauthentication
- devalidation
- invalidation
- nullification
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Forms of cancellation
| plural | cancellations |
|---|---|
| alternative US | cancelation |
Origin of cancellation
From Latin cancellātiō, from cancellō + -tiō.
Words formed from cancellation
Words that rhyme with cancellation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about cancellation
- What does cancellation mean?
- Cancellation means the act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.
- What is cancellation in Tamil?
- Cancellation in Tamil is களைதல், நீக்கம், நீக்குதல். See Cancellation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cancellation?
- Cancellation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cancellation?
- Cancellation is pronounced /kænsəˈleɪʃən/ (US).
- What is the plural of cancellation?
- The plural of cancellation is cancellations.
Words near cancellation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cancellation (page history and authors); cancellation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cancellation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cancellation (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cancellation (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cancellation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cancellation (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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