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
- 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
- abolish
- abort
- abrogate
- annul
- ax
- balance out
- black out
- blot out
- break
- break off
- call off
- compensate for
- counteract
- counterbalance
- countercheck
- countermand
- counterpoise
- cross out
- cut
- declare invalid
- deface
- delete
- destroy
- discard
- discharge
- do away with
- do in
- efface
- eliminate
- eradicate
- expunge
- finish off
- frustrate
- go back on one's word
- ignore
- invalidate
- kill
- make up for
- negate
- neutralize
- nullify
- obliterate
- off
- offset
- omit
- overthrow
- put an end to
- quash
- recall
- recant
- redeem
- redress
- refute
- remove
- render inert
- render invalid
- render null and void
- repeal
- repudiate
- rescind
- retract
- revoke
- rub out
- rule out
- scratch out
- scrub
- set aside
- sink
- smash
- squash
- stamp across
- strike out
- suppress
- torpedo
- total
- trash
- trim
- undo
- vacate
- void
- wash out
- wipe out
- wipe slate clean
- X-out
- zap
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