disannul

[ dis-uh-nuhl ]

verb (used with object)

, dis·an·nulled, dis·an·nul·ling.

1. to annul utterly; make void:

   to disannul a contract.

disannul

/ ˌdɪsəˈnʌl /

verb

1. tr law to cancel; make void

Derived Forms

• ˌdisanˈnulment, noun

Other Words From

• disan·nuller noun
• disan·nulment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of disannul¹

First recorded in 1485–95; dis- ¹ + annul

Example Sentences

Disannul, dis-an-nul′, v.t. to annul completely.—ns.

From Project Gutenberg

And whereas it is said, that as a woman's father or husband might disannul her vow, and so the magistrate might abrogate the covenant: besides the impertinency of this comparison, as might be easy to demonstrate, it may be, by giving and not granting that he might do so; yet if the father and husband shall hold their peace, then all her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand, ver. iv.

From Project Gutenberg

I have come to England to disannul our marriage.

From Project Gutenberg

To all whom it may concern:—I, Ethel Brand, being on this, the twenty-eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in infirm health, yet in possession of sound mind and memory, and all my natural faculties, hereby declare this to be my last Will and Testament, and that I revoke, rescind, and disannul any and all Wills, Testaments, or Codicils previously made by me.

From Project Gutenberg

This caused the magistrates to disannul the law and make another, which gave gentlewomen leave to study and practice all parts of physick to their own sex, giving large stipends to those that did it well and carefully.

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Related Words

• abolish
• abrogate
• annul
• invalidate
• negate
• offset
• quash
• repeal
• rescind
• restrict
• torpedo
• undo
• veto
• void
• wipe out