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cancellation

/kænsəˈleɪʃən/

noun

Meaning

  • The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.

  • The operation of striking out common factors, in both the dividend and divisor.

  • A postmark that marks a postage stamp so as to prevent its reuse.

  • In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to cancel the registration of a trademark or patent.

  • The property of being cancellate.