annulment

CEFRC2

/əˈnʌl.mənt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An official cancellation of a marriage or agreement.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An invalidation of something, especially a legal contract.

Examples

  • Until the annulment, they were still married.

  • marriage annulment

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The state of having been annulled.

  2. An act or instance of annulling.

  3. A legal (notably judicial) declaration that a marriage is invalid; the procedure leading to it.

More examples

In context

  • grant an annulment

  • petition for annulment

  • The marriage was declared void by an official annulment.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.