nullification

noun

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the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress

the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something

Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	derivation	Related & opposite	void
1	hypernym	Types & categories	states' rights
2	derivation	Related & opposite	neutralize
2	derivation	Related & opposite	void
2	derivation	Related & opposite	override
2	derivation	Related & opposite	override
2	hypernym	Types & categories	change of state
2	hyponym	Types & categories	cancellation
2	hyponym	Types & categories	vitiation
2	hyponym	Types & categories	counteraction
2	hyponym	Types & categories	neutralization