Word of the Day:
annul
What It Means
To formally revoke the validity of.
To dissolve (a marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid.
To cancel out.
They tried to reassure me but I was not able to annul my fears.
Annul in Context
“If you ask how religion thus falls on the thorns and faces death, and in the very act annuls annihilation, I cannot explain the matter, for it is religion's secret, and to understand it you must yourself have been a religious man of the extremer type.”
Did You Know?
From Middle English annullen, from Old French anuller, from Latin annullō (“annihilate, annul”), from ad (“to”) + nūllus (“none, not any”).
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