Meanings
nounannullation (countable and uncountable, plural annullations)
plural annullations
- countableobsoleteuncountableAnnulment.
It ſeemeth, that the generalitie of things doth in ſome ſort ſuffer for our annullation, and takes compaſſion of our ſtate.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, “Of iudging of others death”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 352
Origin
- Middle Frenchannullation
- Englishannullation
From Middle French annullation (modern French annulation). Compare Middle English adnullacion, adnullation. By surface analysis, annul + -ation. Doublet of annulation.
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