Need another word that means the same as “nullify”? Find 14 synonyms and 30 related words for “nullify” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Nullify” are: annul, avoid, invalidate, quash, void, negate, neutralise, neutralize, declare null and void, render null and void, render invalid, cancel out, render ineffective, make of no use or value
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “nullify” as a verb can have the following definitions:
annul | Cancel officially. The contract was annulled. |
avoid | Refrain from doing something. This route avoids downtown Boston. |
cancel out | Declare null and void; make ineffective. |
declare null and void | Designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand. |
invalidate | Take away the legal force of or render ineffective. A technical flaw in her papers invalidated her nomination. |
make of no use or value | Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages. |
negate | Make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of. This action will negate the effect of my efforts. |
neutralise | Make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of. |
neutralize | Make (an acidic or alkaline substance) chemically neutral. Impatience at his frailty began to neutralize her fear. |
quash | Put down by force or intimidation. His conviction was quashed on appeal. |
render ineffective | Give an interpretation or rendition of. |
render invalid | Give or supply. |
render null and void | Coat with plastic or cement. |
void | Declare invalid. The concert hall was voided of the audience. |
abnegation | Self-denial. Abnegation of political power. |
abolish | Do away with. Slavery was abolished in the mid 19th century in America and in Russia. |
abrogate | Evade (a responsibility or duty. A proposal to abrogate temporarily the right to strike. |
abrogation | The repeal or abolition of a law, right, or agreement. |
annihilate | Kill in large numbers. The stronger force annihilated its opponent virtually without loss. |
annul | Declare invalid. Her first marriage was finally annulled by His Holiness. |
belie | (of an appearance) fail to give a true impression of (something. His lively alert manner belied his years. |
cancel | A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat. His visa had been cancelled. |
contradict | Be in contradiction with. The survey appears to contradict the industry s claims. |
counterbalance | Equality of distribution. The sitter s weight counterbalances the tilting pressure on the backrest. |
deny | Deny formally an allegation of fact by the opposing party in a legal suit. The servants are ordered to deny him. |
disavow | Refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with. The union leaders resisted pressure to disavow picket line violence. |
exterminate | Destroy completely, as if down to the roots. They use poison to exterminate moles. |
invalidate | Make invalid for use. A technical flaw in her papers invalidated her nomination. |
negate | Deny the existence of. Alcohol negates the effects of the drug. |
neutralize | Make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of. Her optimism neutralizes his gloom. |
override | Prevail over. Health considerations override financial concerns. |
rebuff | A deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval. Callers phoning a chatline need have no fear of rebuff. |
refusal | An expression of unwillingness to accept or grant an offer or request. Dollar Girl hit several fences and had a refusal. |
reject | The person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality. An application to hold a pop concert at the club was rejected. |
rejection | The speech act of rejecting. His proposals were met with rejection. |
renunciation | The formal rejection of something, typically a belief, claim, or course of action. A renunciation of violence. |
repeal | Cancel officially. The legislation was repealed five months later. |
repudiate | Reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust. She has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders. |
repudiation | Refusal to fulfil or discharge an agreement, obligation, or debt. A repudiation of left wing political ideas. |
rescind | Cancel officially. The government eventually rescinded the directive. |
rescission | (law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made. The plaintiff agreed to the rescission of the agreement. |
revocable | Capable of being revoked or annulled. A revocable settlement. |
revoke | Cancel officially. He revoked the ban on smoking. |
veto | A rejection by right of veto. I vetoed the idea of a holiday. |
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