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How to pronounce annulment in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms abrogation, repeal
Type of cancellation
Has types revocation, recall, derogation, vacation
Derivation annul
Type Words
Synonyms revocation
Type of state
Type Words
Synonyms invalidation
Type of breakup, dissolution
Has types dissolution of marriage
Derivation annul

Examples of annulment

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Ijbar is defined as the annulment of marriage due to objection by male guardian.
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Ten of the 19 presidential candidates are calling for the election's annulment.
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This was before the annulment of her first marriage, arranged when she was two.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
Queen Anne was intelligent enough not to impede Henry's quest for an annulment.
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His desire for an annulment of his marriage was known as the King's Great Matter.
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The California proposal would also allow married couples to seek an annulment.
From the washingtontimes.com
Her priest told her she could not take Communion until the annulment went through.
From the sltrib.com
The marriage of brand advertising and free content is facing peremptory annulment.
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The validity of the annulment of the sale was questioned in the Supreme Court.
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More examples
  • Revocation: the state of being cancelled or annulled
  • (law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc)
  • Abrogation: the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
  • (annul) invalidate: declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
  • (annul) revoke: cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
  • Annulment is a legal procedure for declaring a marriage null and void. Unlike divorce, it is usually retroactive, meaning that an annulled marriage is considered to be invalid from the beginning almost as if it had never taken place (though some jurisdictions provide that the marriage is only ...
  • In the Roman Catholic Church, annulment is a canonical procedure according to the Church's Canon Law whereby an ecclesial tribunal judges whether the bond of matrimony in a particular case was entered into validly. The Church presumes that a marriage is valid until proven otherwise. ...
  • An act or instance of annulling; A state of having been annulled; An invalidation of something, especially a legal contract; A legal (notably judicial) declaration that a marriage is invalid; the procedure leading to it; Total destruction
  • (annul) To formally revoke the validity of; To dissolve (a marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid