annulment

English

Etymology

Recorded since the 15th century (sense destruction); from to annul (from Middle English annullen, from Middle French annuller, from Latin annullare, from ad 'to' nullus 'not any, nothing' + verbal ending -are)+ -ment 'means to' (from Latin -mentum)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈnʌl.mənt/, X-SAMPA: /@"nVl.m@nt/

Noun

annulment (plural annulments)

1. An act or instance of annulling.
2. A state of having been annulled.
3. An invalidation of something, especially a legal contract
4. A legal (notably judicial) declaration that a marriage is invalid; the procedure leading to it.
5. (archaic) Total destruction.

Synonyms

• abolition
• nullification (cognate)
• cancellation

Translations

The act or instance of annulling

Bulgarian: отмяна (bg), анулиране (bg) Danish: annullation (da) c., annullering (da) c. Dutch: tenietdoening (nl) f., annulatie (nl) f., annullering (nl), herroeping (nl) f., annulering (nl) f. Finnish: kumoaminen, mitätöiminen

German: Annullierung (de) f. Greek: (formally) Ανακληση (el) (anaklisi) Polish: anulowanie n., abolicja f., unieważnienie n. Romanian: anulare (ro) Spanish: anulación (es) f. French: annullation, nullification

Invalidation; declaration of something as being invalid

Bulgarian: анулиране (bg) Danish: annullation (da) c. Dutch: vernietiging (nl) f., nietigverklaring (nl) f. Finnish: mitätöiminen

French: annullation (fr) German: Annullierung (de) f. Polish: anulowanie n., abolicja f., unieważnienie n. Romanian: anulare (ro), invalidare (ro)

Legal invalidation of a marriage

Dutch: ontbinding (nl), nietigverklaring (nl) f. (van een huwelijk) French: annullation (d'un marriage)

Spanish: anulación (es) f.

Total destruction

Danish: annullation (da) c., annullering (da) c. Dutch: vernietiging (nl) f.

Finnish: täystuho Polish: skasowanie n.