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also cancelation
1
as in repeal
the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to
bad weather forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights
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2
as in abolition
the doing away with something by formal action
a blanket cancellation of all military leave for the duration of the crisis
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Recent Examples of cancellation
The cancellation sparked emotional scenes throughout Vienna as thousands of fans gathered in public spaces to sing Swift's songs together after the concerts were called off.
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Bryan West, USA Today, 28 May 2026
Devastated by the cancellations, many gathered in central Vienna to trade friendship bracelets and commiserate about the cancelations.
—ABC News, 28 May 2026
Devastated by the cancellations, many gathered in central Vienna to trade friendship bracelets and commiserate.
—Philipp Jenne, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
This tragedy, along with lawsuits and advertiser concerns, led to the program's cancellation in 2007.
—Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
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Bryan West, USA Today, 28 May 2026
Devastated by the cancellations, many gathered in central Vienna to trade friendship bracelets and commiserate about the cancelations.
—ABC News, 28 May 2026
Devastated by the cancellations, many gathered in central Vienna to trade friendship bracelets and commiserate.
—Philipp Jenne, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
This tragedy, along with lawsuits and advertiser concerns, led to the program's cancellation in 2007.
—Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cancellation
Noun
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For Max Relouzat, 81, president of the Association for the Memory of Slaveries, the repeal matters, because so little else has.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 May 2026
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Tiki huts have been with us ever since the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, but really took off in the United States after World War II.—
Rod Stafford Hagwood,
Sun Sentinel,
26 May 2026
Noun
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That's the movement for abolition and suffrage and civil rights.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
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Only at abolition were the freed given last names.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Building on its successful rollout in Brazil, Juspay is expanding Click to Pay globally to eliminate manual card entry, which minimizes checkout friction, reduces cart abandonment and boosts conversion rates.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
4 June 2026
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Leonard previously pleaded guilty to abandonment of a corpse for dumping the boy’s body in Bates County, Missouri, and was sentenced to four years, though the new case records have not been made available on the Kansas Judicial Branch public database.—
Ian Cummings,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2026
Noun
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The network also suggested that the threat of license revocation was the point.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
28 May 2026
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The penalties for a conviction may include prison time, large fines, driver’s license revocation, and more.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
26 May 2026
Noun
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The rescission of the agreements would mean a step back from protecting vulnerable students in schools, said Shiwali Patel, senior director of education justice at the National Women’s Law Center.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
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The impact of the rescission of future funding allocated for public media have already been felt.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Cancellation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cancellation. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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