nullification
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abatement, abolishment, abolition, abrogation, annulment, avoidance, cancellation (also cancelation), defeasance, dissolution, invalidation, negation, quashing, repeal, rescindment, voiding
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In a 2-1 decision, the appeals court said the nullification of Baca's vote was unconstitutional. — Pete Williams, NBC News, "Faithless elector: A court ruling just changed how we pick our president," 21 Aug. 2019 The bill also provides for expungement — the nullification of lower-level cannabis possession convictions — and funding for minority neighborhoods hit hardest by prosecution of marijuana possession. — Robert Mccoppin, chicagotribune.com, "Countdown begins to Jan. 1 after Pritzker signs bill making marijuana legal in Illinois," 25 June 2019 The idea of encouraging nullification should leave most people uneasy. — Seth Stern, Washington Post, "A venture capitalist’s solutions for our troubled legal system," 7 June 2019 The defeat of a Supreme Court nominee on this basis would be a victory for a level of conscious political nullification not seen in the U.S. for a long time. — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, "What Democrats Have Become," 19 Sep. 2018 France and Germany, whose leaders visited Washington, D.C., in recent weeks to appeal to Trump, have warned that nullification of the agreement could lead to all-out war in the Middle East. — Author: Karen Deyoung, Anne Gearan, David Nakamura, Anchorage Daily News, "Trump expected dump Iran nuclear deal," 8 May 2018 That’s the perfect nullification of the logic of identity politics. — Ezra Klein, Vox, "Ezra and Sam Harris debate race, IQ, identity politics, and much more.," 9 Apr. 2018 The fact that the media has criticized Trump so constantly and so uniformly from day one is perceived as a fundamental unfairness, a nullification of what so many see as their victory. — Ken Stern, The Hive, "“We’re Not Trying to Save the World; We’re Just Living in It”: Deep in Trump Country, They Are Still Grappling with Trump," 27 Mar. 2018 The union has asked for nullification of the board vote and preservation of employee contracts at Stewart. — Alia Malik, San Antonio Express-News, "SAISD to vote Monday to contract out a school to a charter network," 17 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'nullification.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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