invalidate

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ Latin valere (“to be strong”); literally, “to make not strong”.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɪnˈvæl.ɪ.deɪt/

Verb

invalidate (third-person singular simple present invalidates, present participle invalidating, simple past and past participle invalidated)

To make invalid. Especially applied to contract law.
The circuit court judge's ruling was invalidated by a superior judge.

Synonyms

vitiate

Antonyms

validate

Translations

to make invalid

Catalan: invalidar (ca)
Dutch: ontkrachten (nl)
Finnish: mitätöidä (fi)
French: invalider (fr)
German: entkräften (de)
Greek:
Ancient: ἀθετέω (athetéō)

Hungarian: érvénytelenít (hu), hatálytalanít (hu)
Ido: desvalidigar (io)
Maori: whakanoa, whakamanakore
Spanish: invalidar (es)
Swedish: ogiltigförklara (sv)
Turkish: geçersizleştirmek (tr), hükümsüz kılmak (tr)

Italian

Verb

invalidate

second-person plural present indicative of invalidare
second-person plural imperative of invalidare
feminine plural of invalidato