cancellation
cancellation Lexical Profile
cancellation Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The action of deciding that an arranged event, order, reservation, or contract will not take place or is no longer valid.
"The airline offered full refunds following the sudden cancellation of several international flights."
The widespread public withdrawal of support from a prominent person or organization in response to offensive or objectionable behavior or remarks.
"The media commentator wrote an essay examining the social dynamics of online public shaming and cancellation."
In mathematics and physics, the elimination of equal terms on opposite sides of an equation or the mutual neutralization of two opposing waves or forces.
"Active noise-reducing headphones rely on phase cancellation to block out ambient cabin hum."
An official mark stamped or printed over a postage stamp or check to indicate that it has been used and cannot be reused.
"The collector examined the faint postmark and cancellation on the nineteenth-century envelope."
Word Nuance & Usage
While the verb is commonly spelled 'cancel' with a single 'l' in American English (e.g., 'canceled'), the noun is almost universally spelled 'cancellation' with a double 'l' in both American and British English.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from Late Latin 'cancellatio', from the verb 'cancellare' meaning 'to make like a lattice', referencing the practice of drawing crisscross lines over a written legal document to invalidate it.
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