noun
- the act of annulling, especially the formal declaration that annuls a marriage.
- Psychoanalysis. a mental process by which unpleasant or painful ideas are abolished from the mind.
noun
- a formal invalidation, as of a marriage, judicial proceeding, etc
- the act of annulling
late 15c., “act of reducing to nothing;” see annul + -ment. Meaning “act of declaring invalid” is recorded from 1864.