nullification
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1. the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something (noun.act)
hypernym | : | change of state, |
definition | : | the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | cancellation, |
definition | : | the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | vitiation, |
definition | : | nullification by the destruction of the legal force; rendering null (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | neutralisation, neutralization, |
definition | : | action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war (noun.act) |
2. the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress (noun.cognition)
hypernym | : | states' rights, |
definition | : | a doctrine that federal powers should be curtailed and returned to the individual states (noun.cognition) |
3. the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something (noun.act)
derivation | : | override, |
definition | : | counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle) (verb.social) |
derivation | : | override, |
definition | : | prevail over (verb.stative) |
4. the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress (noun.cognition)
5. the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something (noun.act)
derivation | : | override, |
definition | : | counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle) (verb.social) |
derivation | : | override, |
definition | : | prevail over (verb.stative) |
6. the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress (noun.cognition)
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