noun
cancellation
can-suh-LAY-shun/ˌkænsəˈleɪʃn/
The removal of something's effect or standing.
The storm forces the cancellation of tonight's outdoor concert.
Etymology
Cancellation names the act of cancelling, whose underlying image is crossing out writing with lattice-like lines. Crossing something out came to mean nullifying it, hence calling off an event or arrangement.
In context
if I call up the Westins and say my driveway was hit hard by mud season and they say oh we had a cancellation tomorrow we can bring you a load of slate and fix it
More examples
- A late cancellation left one room available.
- The actor faced public cancellation after his offensive remarks.
- The algebra exercise uses cancellation of common factors.
Forms
cancellation · cancellations
Similar words
- delay
- Keeps an event pending, while cancellation ends or invalidates it.