CANCELLATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cancellation mean? 

• CANCELLATION (noun)
  The noun CANCELLATION has 2 senses:

1. the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement

2. the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void

  Familiarity information: CANCELLATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANCELLATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("cancellation" is a kind of...):

nullification; override (the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cancellation"):

abrogation; annulment; repeal (the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation)

write-off (the act of cancelling from an account a bad debt or a worthless asset)

attainder; civil death (cancellation of civil rights)

recission; rescission ((law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made)

Derivation:

cancel (declare null and void; make ineffective)

cancel (postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The speech act of revoking or annulling or making void

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("cancellation" is a kind of...):

negation (the speech act of negating)

Derivation:

cancel (declare null and void; make ineffective)

 Context examples 

Mercury may have brought you cancellations, miscommunications, and a lack of access to VIPs.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You likely felt the approaching slowdown of Mercury well in advance of its official turnaround date (October 31), with delays, postponements, cancellations, electronic problems, machine repairs, and indecision from VIPs to have projects approved.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)