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cancellable

/ˈkæn.sə.lə.bəl/
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cancellable Lexical Profile

cancellable Game Scores & Validity

• adjective

1

British Capable of being canceled, revoked, or terminated before completion (especially of a contract, reservation, or subscription).

Example

"Before booking the hotel room, she made sure the reservation was fully cancellable without a penalty fee."

2

British Satisfying the cancellation property, such that an element can be removed from both sides of an equation or inequality without changing its validity (in mathematics and abstract algebra).

Example

"In any group, every element is both left- and right-cancellable under the group operation."

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Word Nuance & Usage

Spelled "cancellable" in British and Commonwealth English, and commonly "cancelable" in American English.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Cancellable. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/cancellable
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