| Main Entry: | cancellation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calling off; erasure |
Synonyms: |
abandoning, abandonment, abolishing, abolition, abrogation, annulment, canceling, deletion, dissolution, dissolving, elimination, invalidating, invalidation, nullification, overruling, quashing, recall, recalling, repeal, repudiation, retirement, retracting, retraction, reversal, reversing, revocation, revoking, undoing, withdrawing |
Antonyms: |
allowance, approval, arrangement, establishment, permission |
| Main Entry: | abolition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | formal act of putting an end to, annulling |
Synonyms: |
abolishment, abrogation, annihilation, annulment, cancellation, destruction, dissolution, elimination, end, ending, eradication, extirpation, invalidation, negation, nullification, obliteration, overthrow, overturning, quashing, repeal, repudiation, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, revocation, subversion, suppression, termination, voiding, wiping out, withdrawal |
Antonyms: |
confirmation, establishment, establishment, institution, legalization, promotion |
| Main Entry: | annulment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | voiding an agreement |
Synonyms: |
abatement, abolition, abrogation, annihilation, breakup, cancellation, countermanding, dedomiciling, deletion, discharge, dissolution, erasing, going phfft, invalidation, negation, neutralization, nullification, obliteration, recall, repeal, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, retraction, reversal, revocation, split up, split*, undoing, vitiation, voiding |
Antonyms: |
enactment, restoration, retention, validation |
| Main Entry: | kibosh |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stop |
Synonyms: |
cancellation, check, curb, end, halt, veto |
| Main Entry: | negation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contradiction, denial |
Synonyms: |
antithesis, antonym, blank, cancellation, contrary, converse, counterpart, disavowal, disclaimer, forget it, gainsaying, inverse, negatory, neutralization, no, nonexistence, nothingness, nullification, nullity, opposite, opposition, proscription, refusal, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, reverse, vacuity, veto, void |
Antonyms: |
allowance, approval, permission |
| Main Entry: | omission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something forgotten or excluded |
Synonyms: |
blank, breach, break, cancellation, carelessness, chasm, cutting out, default, disregard, disregardance, elimination, elision, excluding, exclusion, failing, failure, forgetfulness, gap, hiatus, ignoring, inadvertence, inadvertency, lack, lacuna, lapse, leaving out, missing, neglect, noninclusion, overlook, overlooking, oversight, passing over, preclusion, preterition, pretermission, prohibition, repudiation, skip, slighting, slip, withholding |
Antonyms: |
addition, inclusion, insertion, remembrance |
| Main Entry: | recall |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | request for return |
Synonyms: |
annulment, cancellation, nullification, recision, repeal, rescindment, rescission, retraction, revocation, withdrawal |
Antonyms: |
restoration |
| Main Entry: | receipt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | acknowledgment of delivery |
Synonyms: |
cancellation, certificate, chit, counterfoil, declaration, discharge, letter, notice, proof of purchase, quittance, release, sales slip, slip, stub, voucher |
| Notes: | a receipt is a written acknowledgment that payment has been made, while a recipe is a set of directions for making something |
| Main Entry: | renunciation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abandonment, rejection |
Synonyms: |
abdication, abjuration, abnegation, abstention, cancellation, denial, disavowal, disclaimer, eschewal, eschewing, forbearing, forswearing, giving up, rebuff, refusal, relinquishment, remission, renouncement, repeal, repudiation, resignation, sacrifice, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-sacrifice, spurning, surrender, veto, waiver, yielding |
Antonyms: |
allowance, approval, condonement |
| Main Entry: | reversal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | about-face |
Synonyms: |
U-turn, annulment, backpedaling, cancellation, change in direction, doubleback, repeal, rescinding, retraction, switch, turnabout, turnaround, volte-face |