canceled

verb

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Definition of cancelednext
past tense of cancel
1
as in rescinded
to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to) please call to cancel your appointment with the dentist if you can't make it

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2
as in repealed
to put an end to by formal action the agreement can be canceled by either side with a formal written notice

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as in deleted
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it canceled the check and wrote a new one

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as in erased
to destroy all traces of it seemed as though all honor and decency had been canceled by the war's new moral order

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“Canceled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canceled. Accessed 1 Feb. 2023.

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