of cheques or tickets declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law" postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled; "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party" make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength
If someone in authority cancels a document, an insurance policy, or a debt, they officially declare that it is no longer valid or no longer legally exists. He intends to try to leave the country, in spite of a government order cancelling his passport She learned her insurance had been canceled by Pacific Mutual Insurance Company + cancellation can·cel·la·tion a march by groups calling for cancellation of Third World debt
declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law"
The act, of either party in an insurance contract, of ending the contract prior to its expiration Both parties are required to give written notice to the other party to effect such cancellation The insurer is required to give at least ten- (10) days notice prior written warning of such cancellation, if it is due to nonpayment of premium, or twenty (20) days for all other reasons
The suppression or striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages