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cancel - declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law" |
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adjudge,
declare,
hold state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent"
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annul,
countermand,
lift,
overturn,
repeal,
rescind,
reverse,
revoke,
vacate remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"
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remit diminish or abate; "The pain finally remitted"
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write off concede the loss or worthlessness of something or somebody; "write it off as a loss"
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annul,
avoid,
invalidate,
nullify,
quash,
void stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"
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recall cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression; "She was recalled by a loud laugh"
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cancel - make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength" |
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offset |
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balance,
equilibrate,
equilibrise,
equilibrize compute credits and debits of an account
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counteract,
counterbalance,
countervail,
neutralize oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues"
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cancel - postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled; "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill" |
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scratch,
scrub |
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schedule plan for an activity or event; "I've scheduled a concert next week"
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cancel - make invalid for use; "cancel cheques or tickets" |
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invalidate |
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mark,
score make or leave a mark on; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads"
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