annulment

== English == === Etymology === Recorded since the 15th century (sense destruction); from Middle English anullement, partly from annullen (from Middle French annuller, from Latin annūllāre, from ad (“to”) + nūllus (“not any, nothing”) + verbal ending -āre) + -ment (“means to”) (from Latin -mentum) and partly from Middle French annullement. By surface analysis, annul +‎ -ment. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈnʌl.mənt/ === Noun === annulment (countable and uncountable, plural annulments) An act or instance of annulling. Synonyms: abolition, cancellation, nullification (cognate); see also Thesaurus:invalidation The state of having been annulled. (law) An invalidation of something, especially a legal contract. (law, Catholicism) A legal (notably judicial) declaration that a marriage is invalid; the procedure leading to it. Synonym: (Catholicism) declaration of nullity (archaic) Total destruction. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References ===