nullification

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: nul=li=fi=ca=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

nullification, n. [L. nullificatio contempt. See Nullify.].

 The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect.  [1913 Webster]

Right of nullification (U. S. Hist.), the right claimed in behalf of a State to nullify or make void, by its sovereign act or decree, an enactment of the general government which it deems unconstitutional.

THESAURUS

nullification

abjuration, abjurement, abolishment, abolition, abrogation, absolute contradiction, annihilation, annulment, autarky, bimetallism, cancel, canceling, cancellation, cassation, choking, choking off, contradiction, contrary assertion, contravention, controversion, counterbalancing, countering, countermand, counterorder, crossing, defeasance, denial, deracination, disaffirmation, disallowance, disavowal, disclaimer, disclamation, disownment, disproof, economic self-sufficiency, elimination, eradication, extermination, extinction, extinguishment, extirpation, forswearing, free enterprise, free trade, frustration, gainsaying, governmentalism, impugnment, invalidation, laissez-faire, laissez-faireism, line, liquidation, localism, managed currency, negation, neutralization, noninterference, nonintervention, offsetting, party line, party principle, planned economy, policy, polity, position, price supports, protection, protectionism, public policy, pump-priming, purge, recall, recantation, refutation, renege, renunciation, repeal, repudiation, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, retractation, retraction, reversal, revocation, revoke, revokement, rooting out, sectionalism, setting aside, silencing, snuffing out, stifling, strangulation, suffocation, suppression, suspension, thwarting, undoing, uprooting, vacation, vacatur, vitiation, voidance, voiding, waiver, waiving, withdrawal, write-off

ROGET THESAURUS

nullification

Compensation

N compensation, equation, commutation, indemnification, compromise, neutralization, nullification, counteraction, reaction, measure for measure, retaliation, equalization, robbing Peter to pay Paul, set-off, offset, make-weight, casting-weight, counterpoise, ballast, indemnity, equivalent, quid pro quo, bribe, hush money, amends, counterbalance, counterclaim, cross-debt, cross- demand, compensating, compensatory, countervailing, in the opposite scale, equivalent, in return, in consideration, but, however, yet, still, notwithstanding, nevertheless, nathless, none the less, although, though, albeit, howbeit, mauger, at all events, at any rate, be that as it may, for all that, even so, on the other, hand, at the same time, quoad minus, quand meme, however that may be, after all is said and done, taking one thing with another, light is mingled with the gloom, every dark cloud has a silver lining, primo avulso non deficit alter, saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas.

Abrogation

N abrogation, annulment, nullification, recision, vacatur, canceling, cancel, revocation, revokement, repeal, rescission, defeasance, dismissal, conge, demission, bounce, deposal, deposition, dethronement, disestablishment, disendowment, deconsecration, sack, walking papers, pink slip, walking ticket, yellow cover, abolition, abolishment, dissolution, counter order, countermand, repudiation, retraction, retractation, recantation, abolitionist, abrogated, functus officio, Int, get along with you!, begone!, go about your business!, away with!.

Nonobservance

N nonobservance, evasion, inobservance, failure, omission, neglect, laches, laxity, informality, infringement, infraction, violation, transgression, piracy, retraction, retractation, repudiation, nullification, protest, forfeiture, lawlessness, disobedience, bad faith, violating, lawless, transgressive, elusive, evasive, unfulfilled &c (fulfill).