annul
/əˈnʌl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.49 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "If you ask how religion thus falls on the thorns and faces death, and in the very act annuls annihilation, I cannot explain the matter, for it is religion's secret, and to understand it you must yourself have been a religious man of the extremer type."
- "They tried to reassure me but I was not able to annul my fears."
Etymology
From Middle English annullen, from Old French anuller, from Latin annullō (“annihilate, annul”), from ad (“to”) + nūllus (“none, not any”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: annullen, anuller, annullō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈnʌl/
- British English: /əˈnʌl/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Law.
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
render null and void