INVALIDATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

(law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc)

Synonyms:

annulment; invalidation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("invalidation" is a kind of...):

breakup; dissolution (the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations))

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "invalidation"):

dissolution of marriage (an annulment of a marriage)

Derivation:

invalidate (take away the legal force of or render ineffective)

invalidate (declare invalid)