cancellationnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌkæn.səlˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌkæn.səlˈeɪ.ʃən/C1 the act of deciding that an organized event will not happen or of stopping an order for something:
Many trains are subject to cancellation because of the flooding.
The theatre tickets were sold out, so we waited to see if there were any cancellations (= unwanted returned tickets).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cancelling and interrupting
- adjourn
- adjourn to somewhere
- arrest
- break
- call
- call sth off
- cancel
- curtail
- cut
- disturb
- in midstream idiom
- interrupt
- kick
- kick sth into touch idiom
- midstream
- mothball
- nullify
- pause
- shut (sth) off
- stop
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