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Webster 1913 Edition

Annulment

An-nul′ment

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
annulement
.]
The act of annulling; abolition; invalidation.

Webster 1828 Edition

Annulment

ANNUL'MENT

,
Noun.
The act of annulling.

Definition 2024

annulment

annulment

English

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.

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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(key): /əˈnʌl.mənt/

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