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Antonyms for cancelling


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kan-suhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæn səl



Definition of cancelling

Origin :
  • late 14c., "cross out with lines," from Anglo-French canceler, from Latin cancellare "to make resemble a lattice," which in Late Latin took on a sense "cross out something written" by marking it with crossed lines, from cancelli, plural of cancellus "lattice, grating," diminutive of cancer "crossed bars, lattice," a variant of carcer "prison" (see incarceration). Figurative use, "to nullify an obligation" is from mid-15c. Related: Canceled (also cancelled); cancelling.
  • verb call off; erase
  • verb equal out
Example sentences :
  • I went to my office to get my letters, and every blessed one was cancelling an order.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • Phil manfully works for a year cancelling his father's debt, and then escapes.
  • Extract from : « Breaking Away » by Oliver Optic
  • Phil manfully works for a year, cancelling his father's debt, and then escapes.
  • Extract from : « Four Young Explorers » by Oliver Optic
  • But in the judgment of literature the process of "cancelling" does not exist.
  • Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 » by George Saintsbury
  • Under the circumstances I feel justified in cancelling our agreement.
  • Extract from : « Frank of Freedom Hill » by Samuel A. Derieux
  • This was the formal way among the Swiss of cancelling a treaty.
  • Extract from : « A History of the Reformation (Vol. 2 of 2) » by Thomas M. Lindsay
  • This would imply the cancelling of trade distinctions and craft lines.
  • Extract from : « The Red Conspiracy » by Joseph J. Mereto
  • In some well settled districts it may be possible to secure one by cancelling, but such chances are few.
  • Extract from : « Canada West 1914 » by Unknown
  • Cancelling all other letters on the matter, this M. de la Foret shall stay in my kingdom.
  • Extract from : « Michel and Angele [A Ladder of Swords], Complete » by Gilbert Parker
  • It became pregnant with new meaning,––levelling walls, obliterating beaten man paths, cancelling rusty duties.
  • Extract from : « The Web of the Golden Spider » by Frederick Orin Bartlett

Synonyms for cancelling

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