CANCEL, CANCELLATION, CANCELLED
ADJECTIVES
1460 ► ABROGATE cancelled; repealed, annulled, abolished by authority → arch.
1882 ► OFF cancelled; not going to happen → US sl.
NOUNS
1425 ► CASSATION cancellation, abrogation; the act of making null or void
1621 ► CANCELMENT cancellation
1945 ► THE CHOP sudden cancellation or curtailment → Brit. sl.
VERBS
– to cancel UNAPPOINT 1682
– to cancel an order or request for; to countermand UNBESPEAK 1661 obs.
– to cancel a project or the like CAN 1930 Amer. sl.
– to cancel, especially to cancel a date or romantic assignation DINGO 2003 UK teen sl.
– to cancel, esp. unexpectedly BLOW OUT Bk2007 sl.
– to cancel or abandon a plan or scheme; to break an appointment with ICE 1980s sl.
– to cancel or ignore the past and start again SCRUB THE SLATE CLEAN L19 US sl.
– to cancel; to annul UNABLE 1611 obs. rare
– to cancel; to annul, to abrogate, to set aside VACUATE 1654 obs.
– to cancel; to dismiss; to reject, to decline IXNAY 1937 US colloq.
– to cancel; to disregard; to stop, to wait BELAY 1931 Amer. dial.
– to cancel; to drop; to dismiss or discharge; to reject AX; AXE 1922 sl.
– to cancel; to give up QUITTANCE 1592 obs.
– to cancel; to repeal a law; to annul, to abolish authoritatively or formally ABROGATE 1526
– to cancel; to skip BAG IT Bk1971 US students’ sl.
– to cancel; to strike out CANCELLATE 1647 obs. rare
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