annulment

English

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/

Noun

annulment (countable and uncountable, plural annulments)

An act or instance of annulling.
The state of having been annulled.
(law) An invalidation of something, especially a legal contract.
(law) A legal (notably judicial) declaration that a marriage is invalid; the procedure leading to it.
(archaic) Total destruction.

Synonyms

abolition
nullification (cognate)
cancellation

Translations

act or instance of annulling

Bulgarian: отмяна (bg) (otmjana), анулиране (bg) (anulirane)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Danish: annullation (da) c, annullering (da) c
Dutch: tenietdoening f, annulatie f, annullering, herroeping f, annulering (nl) f
Finnish: kumoaminen (fi), mitätöiminen (fi), mitätöinti (fi)
French: ^{(please verify)} annullation, ^{(please verify)} nullification (fr)
German: Annullierung f

Greek: ανάκληση (el) (anáklisi)
Maori: whakakāhoretanga
Polish: anulowanie (pl) n, abolicja (pl) f, unieważnienie (pl) n
Portuguese: anulação (pt) f
Romanian: anulare (ro)
Russian: отме́на (ru) f (otména), аннули́рование (ru) n (annulírovanije), упраздне́ние (ru) n (uprazdnénije)
Spanish: anulación (es) f
Yiddish: אַנולירונג‎ f (anulirung)

state of having been annulled

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

Finnish: mitättömyys (fi)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

invalidation; declaration of something as being invalid

Bulgarian: анулиране (bg) (anulirane)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 宣告無效, 宣告无效 (xuāngào wúxiào)
Danish: annullation (da) c
Dutch: vernietiging (nl) f, nietigverklaring (nl) f
Finnish: mitätöiminen (fi), mitätöinti (fi)
French: annullation

German: Annullierung f
Greek: ακύρωση (el) f (akýrosi)
Polish: anulowanie (pl) n, abolicja (pl) f, unieważnienie (pl) n
Portuguese: anulação (pt) f
Romanian: anulare (ro), invalidare (ro)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Yiddish: אַנולירונג‎ f (anulirung)

legal invalidation of a marriage

Chinese:
Mandarin: 宣告無效, 宣告无效 (xuāngào wúxiào)
Dutch: ontbinding (nl), nietigverklaring (nl) f (van een huwelijk)
Finnish: avioliiton mitätöinti

French: annullation (d'un marriage)
Portuguese: anulação (pt) f
Spanish: anulación (es) f

total destruction

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Danish: annullation (da) c, annullering (da) c
Dutch: vernietiging (nl) f

Finnish: täystuho
Polish: skasowanie (pl) n
Portuguese: aniquilação (pt) f
Spanish: please add this translation if you can