Annulment Meaning
/əˈnʌl.mənt/Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn act or instance of annulling.
nounThe state of having been annulled.
Sentence Examples
Until the annulment, they were still married.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After discovering the marriage was never legally valid, the court granted an ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The couple was granted a legal ____ of their marriage last month.
Word Origin & History
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.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After discovering the marriage was never legally valid, the court granted an ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The couple was granted a legal ____ of their marriage last month.