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Synonyms

cancellation

American  
[kan-suh-ley-shuhn] / ˌkæn səˈleɪ ʃən /
Or cancelation

noun

  1. an act of canceling.

  2. the marks or perforations made in canceling.

  3. something canceled, as a reservation for a hotel room, airplane ticket, allowing someone else to obtain the accommodation.

cancellation British  
/ ˌkænsɪˈleɪʃən /

noun

  1. the fact or an instance of cancelling

  2. something that has been cancelled, such as a theatre ticket, esp when it is available for another person to take

    we have a cancellation in the stalls

  3. the marks or perforation made by cancelling

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • recancellation noun

Etymology

Origin of cancellation

First recorded in 1525–35, cancellation is from the Latin word cancellātion- (stem of cancellātiō ). See cancellate, -ion

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Example Sentences

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Social media users speculated that the tour’s cancellation was due to low ticket sales, with Ticketmaster seating charts in some stadiums showing very few seats sold.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Or take Pangram’s appearance in the Shy Girl cancellation.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

And if you book a flight with points, you can avoid potential cancellation fees.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

It has now led to the cancellation of the festival after the government blocked the rapper from travelling to the UK.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

No one could know how fast word of the cancellation had spread.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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