to annul
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6.3
- verb
- /əˈnəl/
- Formal
- Pope Francis announced a much simpler path today for the Catholic Church to annul marriages.
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- But at the same time, that distinction or that difference is being cancelled, annulled or perhaps brought to a higher level, right.
Examples
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Deion's attorney Rick Robertson said, "If the marriage was a fraud, then annul it and give back the money."
Blog text (8) -
I've been insisting that Cam annul our marriage so that I can marry Sebastian.
Fiction book (2002) -
Well, it seems to me the only thing I can do is annul the second marriage... ...so you can marry this woman.
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Henry loves Anne so much, he has promised to annul his marriage to Catherine and make her his wife.
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He will never be able to annul this marriage.
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He should simply take matters into his own hands and annul the marriage.
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Henry wanted to annul his marriage to Catherine Aragon on the basis that she had been his brother's wife.
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The only real way that Henry was going to be able to marry Anne was if the Pope would annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon.
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Pressure comes from all sides for Pope Clement, as Queen Catherine and King Charles V urge him not to annul the marriage and Wolsey and Henry push for the dispensation to be made.
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Henry loves Anne so much, he has promised to annul his marriage to Catherine and make her his wife.
Synonyms
143
4.3
To cancel a law or rule so it no longer applies
122
5.6
Officially cancel a decision or law
109
4.9
To officially cancel a previous decision, especially by a court
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6.2
Officially stop something from being valid, for example a license
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7.9
Officially cancel a law, order, or agreement
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6.1
To make a document or agreement have no legal effect anymore
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7.1
To declare something legally invalid
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7.2
To make a law or contract have no legal effect
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6.6
Cancel an official decision so it is no longer in effect
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8.1
Officially say a decision or order is not valid
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8.8
To officially cancel a law, agreement, or right
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9.2
To cancel or reverse an earlier order
To cancel an earlier decision that said something was not valid so it becomes valid again
To make a debt or contract no longer valid
Antonyms
How Final
- Formal
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7.1
- Specialized
- Formal
6
6.3
- Formal
44
7.9
- Formal
10
7.6
- Formal
33
6.1
52
5.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Annul comes from a Latin idea of making something 'nothing' and is related to the English word null, which means 'no value'. So to annul a law or a marriage is to say it has no legal effect.