nullification
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress
Types & categories
- states' rights hypernym
Related & opposite
- void derivation
Sense 2 noun
the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something
Types & categories
- change of state hypernym
- cancellation hyponym
- vitiation hyponym
- counteraction hyponym
- neutralization hyponym
Related & opposite
- neutralize derivation
- void derivation
- override derivation
- override derivation
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| 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 |