annul
verb
an·nul ə-ˈnəl 
annulled; annulling
transitive verb
1
: to declare or make legally invalid or void
wants the marriage annulled
His title to the estate was annulled.
2
: to reduce to nothing : obliterate
3
: to make ineffective or inoperative : neutralize
annul a drug's effect
Synonyms
- cancel (out)
- compensate (for)
- correct
- counteract
- counterbalance
- counterpoise
- make up (for)
- negative
- neutralize
- offset
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
unfortunately, his arrogant attitude annuls the many generous favors he does for people plans to annul their short-lived, ill-advised marriage
Recent Examples on the Web After Kenya’s last election, in 2017, Mr. Odinga got the Supreme Court to annul the first round of voting, only to lose again in the rerun. 
Nicholas Bariyo, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2022 Biberaj has filed a petition with the Virginia Supreme Court asking it to annul the order disqualifying all 23 lawyers in her office from the Valle case. Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 26 June 2022 The high court decided not to annul the appeals court decision, noting that because the case had become moot, secretaries of state would not be bound to follow the Court of Appeals ruling. oregonlive, 16 Feb. 2022 His execution of Brexit, after three years in which members of Parliament had attempted to annul the referendum to leave the European Union, was a master class in sheer political willpower. Gerard Baker, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2022 The home team appeared to have scored the go-ahead goal in the 40th minute when a shot from Mukhtar was saved by Gallese but quickly fumbled before Anibal Godoy slotted the rebound into the net, but was flagged offside to annul the goal. Mike Gramajo, orlandosentinel.com, 23 Nov. 2021 Jesse Law, who ran the Trump campaign’s Election Day operations in Nevada, sued the Democratic electors, seeking to declare Trump the winner or annul the results. Isaac Arnsdorf, ProPublica, 2 Sep. 2021 An official result won’t be announced until the election board chooses to accept or decline Ms. Fujimori’s appeals, which seek to annul votes from regions dominated by Mr. Castillo. Ryan Dube, WSJ, 15 June 2021 Multiple companies, notably in the financial sector, have in the past year voluntarily acquired carbon credits in order to annul their carbon footprint in the past year – even in the absence of such a framework. Control Risks, Forbes, 19 May 2021 See More
Nicholas Bariyo, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2022 Biberaj has filed a petition with the Virginia Supreme Court asking it to annul the order disqualifying all 23 lawyers in her office from the Valle case. Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 26 June 2022 The high court decided not to annul the appeals court decision, noting that because the case had become moot, secretaries of state would not be bound to follow the Court of Appeals ruling. oregonlive, 16 Feb. 2022 His execution of Brexit, after three years in which members of Parliament had attempted to annul the referendum to leave the European Union, was a master class in sheer political willpower. Gerard Baker, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2022 The home team appeared to have scored the go-ahead goal in the 40th minute when a shot from Mukhtar was saved by Gallese but quickly fumbled before Anibal Godoy slotted the rebound into the net, but was flagged offside to annul the goal. Mike Gramajo, orlandosentinel.com, 23 Nov. 2021 Jesse Law, who ran the Trump campaign’s Election Day operations in Nevada, sued the Democratic electors, seeking to declare Trump the winner or annul the results. Isaac Arnsdorf, ProPublica, 2 Sep. 2021 An official result won’t be announced until the election board chooses to accept or decline Ms. Fujimori’s appeals, which seek to annul votes from regions dominated by Mr. Castillo. Ryan Dube, WSJ, 15 June 2021 Multiple companies, notably in the financial sector, have in the past year voluntarily acquired carbon credits in order to annul their carbon footprint in the past year – even in the absence of such a framework. Control Risks, Forbes, 19 May 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English annullen, from Anglo-French annuller, from Late Latin annullare, from Latin ad- + nullus not any — more at null
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Kids Definition
annul
verb
an·nul ə-ˈnəl
annulled; annulling
: to cancel by law : take away the legal force of
annul a marriage
Legal Definition
annul
transitive verb
an·nul ə-ˈnəl
annulled; annulling
1
: to declare (a marriage) to have never validly existed compare divorce
2
a
: to make legally void
b
: to declare to no longer have legal effect
annulled
verb
1
as in offset
to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective unfortunately, his arrogant attitude annuls the many generous favors he does for people Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- offset
- corrected
- neutralized
- counteracted
- nullified
- outweighed
- counterbalanced
- invalidated
- relieved
- counterpoised
- remedied
- negatived
- redeemed
- cancelled (out)
- negated
- overruled
- canceled (out)
- compensated (for)
- neutered
- made up (for)
- redressed
- outbalanced
- overrode
- atoned (for)
2
as in abolished
to put an end to by formal action plans to annul their short-lived, ill-advised marriage Synonyms & Similar Words
- abolished
- repealed
- canceled
- cancelled
- overturned
- voided
- nullified
- invalidated
- vacated
- rescinded
- abrogated
- revoked
- dissolved
- quashed
- avoided
- dismissed
- negated
- suspended
- disannulled
- withdrew
- abated
- struck down
- nulled
- vetoed
- reversed
- rolled back
- set aside
- overruled
- rejected
- retracted
- countermanded
- eliminated
- forbade
- removed
- recalled
- banned
- prohibited
- aborted
- erased
- overrode
- outlawed
- enjoined
- did away with
- disallowed
- liquidated
- eradicated
- annihilated
- called
- called off
- dropped
- forbad
- threw out
- broke down
- wrote off
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- enacted
- established
- instituted
- founded
- ratified
- passed
- approved
- validated
- laid down
- legislated
- sanctioned
- legitimized
- authorized
- permitted
- decreed
- ordered
- legalized
- legitimated
- formalized
- allowed
- endorsed
- cleared
- prescribed
- indorsed
- warranted
- mandated
- commanded