nullify

nullify
nul·li·fy /'nə-lə-ˌfī/ vt -fied, -fy·ing: to make null
nullify a contract

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

nullify
I verb abolish, abrogate, ad inritum redigere, annul, cancel, cast aside, counteract, countermand, declare null and void, deprive of efficacy, deprive of legal force, disannul, dissolve, invalidate, make useless, make valueless, make void, negate, neutralize, obliterate, offset, outweigh, override, overrule, overturn, quash, recall, recant, render invalid, renege, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, suspend, vacate, vitiate, void II index abate (extinguish), abolish, abrogate (annul), abrogate (rescind), adeem, alleviate, annul, balk, cancel, contravene, counteract, destroy (void), disable, disavow, discharge (release from obligation), disinherit, disown (deny the validity), disprove, dissolve (terminate), eliminate (eradicate), expunge, extinguish, extirpate, frustrate, invalidate, kill (defeat), negate, neutralize, obliterate, override, overrule, overthrow, quash, recall (call back), recant, renege, repeal, repudiate, rescind, revoke, supersede, vacate (void), vitiate, withdraw

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


nullify
v.
To invalidate; to make null and void.
n.
nullification

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.

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