Annul
verb
To officially say that something is not legal or true.
The court annulled their marriage.
Often appears as...
- annul a marriage
- annul a contract
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Formal
verb
To make something, especially a law or a decision, have no legal effect.
The previous owner's will was annulled when his wife died.
Often appears as...
- annul a law
- annul a decision
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
verb
To reduce to nothing or make ineffective or inoperative.
The trip was annulled due to bad weather.
Often appears as...
- annul a trip
- annul effects
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To officially say that something is not legal or true.
The court annulled their marriage.
Often appears as...
- annul a marriage
- annul a contract
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To make something, especially a law or a decision, have no legal effect.
The previous owner's will was annulled when his wife died.
Often appears as...
- annul a law
- annul a decision
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
verb
To reduce to nothing or make ineffective or inoperative.
The trip was annulled due to bad weather.
Often appears as...
- annul a trip
- annul effects
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Endings
Annul is often used to describe the legal end of agreements, as if they never existed.
They moved to annul the lease agreement.
Pro Tip 2/3Irreversible Process
'Annul' usually implies a final, irreversible action, with no chance to revert it.
Once their marriage was annulled, it was as if it never happened.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Errors
Use 'annul' for formal cancellations, not for correcting everyday mistakes.
The company cannot simply annul an order because of a pricing mistake.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Endings
Annul is often used to describe the legal end of agreements, as if they never existed.
They moved to annul the lease agreement.
Pro Tip 2/3Irreversible Process
'Annul' usually implies a final, irreversible action, with no chance to revert it.
Once their marriage was annulled, it was as if it never happened.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Errors
Use 'annul' for formal cancellations, not for correcting everyday mistakes.
The company cannot simply annul an order because of a pricing mistake.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Endings
Annul is often used to describe the legal end of agreements, as if they never existed.
They moved to annul the lease agreement.
Pro Tip 2/3Irreversible Process
'Annul' usually implies a final, irreversible action, with no chance to revert it.
Once their marriage was annulled, it was as if it never happened.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Errors
Use 'annul' for formal cancellations, not for correcting everyday mistakes.
The company cannot simply annul an order because of a pricing mistake.
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Video examples
History vs. Henry VIII -...
something Catherine failed to do in over twenty years of marriage. It takes two to make an heir, your honor. Ahem. Regardless, England needed a new queen to ensure stability, but the Pope refused to annul the union and let the king remarry.
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Alessandra Orofino: It’s...
chose to either annul their votes or stay home and pay a fine in the last mayoral elections. When it comes to inclusiveness, our cities are not the best cases of success either, and again, you don't need to look very far
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History vs. Henry VIII -...
something Catherine failed to do in over twenty years of marriage. It takes two to make an heir, your honor. Ahem. Regardless, England needed a new queen to ensure stability, but the Pope refused to annul the union and let the king remarry.
Video examples
Alessandra Orofino: It’s...
chose to either annul their votes or stay home and pay a fine in the last mayoral elections. When it comes to inclusiveness, our cities are not the best cases of success either, and again, you don't need to look very far
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Quote examples
Amanda Foreman
British Historian
Contrary to popular belief, Henry VIII did not divorce any of his wives. He had sought an annulment from Catherine of Aragon - which he finally awarded to himself after the pope's continued refusal. When it came to Anne's turn, Henry took the easy route by having her found guilty of treason.
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Melville Fuller
American Judge
The Emancipation Proclamation is predicated upon the idea that the President may so annul the constitutions and laws of sovereign states, overthrow their domestic relations, deprive loyal men of their property, and disloyal as well, without trial or condemnation.
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Dominic Chianese
American Actor
I tried to become a family man. I got married, but it didn't work out. After 22 months we got an annulment. Then I married an Italian girl, which resulted in an immediate annulment. I had two annulments by the time I was 23.
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Richard Wagner
German Composer
Here, everything is tragic through and through, and the will, that fain would shape a world according to its wish, at last can reach no greater satisfaction than the breaking of itself in dignified annulment.
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Reinhold Niebuhr
American Theologian
The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.
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Amanda Foreman
British Historian
Contrary to popular belief, Henry VIII did not divorce any of his wives. He had sought an annulment from Catherine of Aragon - which he finally awarded to himself after the pope's continued refusal. When it came to Anne's turn, Henry took the easy route by having her found guilty of treason.
Quote examples
Melville Fuller
American Judge
The Emancipation Proclamation is predicated upon the idea that the President may so annul the constitutions and laws of sovereign states, overthrow their domestic relations, deprive loyal men of their property, and disloyal as well, without trial or condemnation.
Quote examples
Dominic Chianese
American Actor
I tried to become a family man. I got married, but it didn't work out. After 22 months we got an annulment. Then I married an Italian girl, which resulted in an immediate annulment. I had two annulments by the time I was 23.
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Richard Wagner
German Composer
Here, everything is tragic through and through, and the will, that fain would shape a world according to its wish, at last can reach no greater satisfaction than the breaking of itself in dignified annulment.
Quote examples
Reinhold Niebuhr
American Theologian
The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.
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