invalidate
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• verb
To render a contract, legal document, election, or official procedure legally void, null, or unacceptable.
"A missing witness signature can invalidate the entire real estate agreement."
To make an argument, theory, or conclusion unsound, erroneous, or logically unsustainable.
"New archaeological discoveries helped invalidate the long-standing hypothesis about early trade routes."
To dismiss, minimize, or treat another person's feelings, experiences, or perspective as unimportant or unfounded.
"Good counselors listen empathetically and never invalidate a client's emotional response."
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Word Origin & Etymology
First recorded in the mid-17th century, the word derives from Medieval Latin invalidatus, the past participle of invalidare ('to make weak or void'), formed from Latin invalidus ('weak, powerless, or legally ineffective').