1. Postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
   "cancel the dinner party";
   - call off, scratch, scrub [informal], scrap
    
2. Declare null and void; make ineffective
   "Cancel the election results";
   - strike down
    
3. Make invalid for use
   "cancel cheques or tickets";
   - invalidate
    
4. Remove or make invisible
   "Please cancel my name from your list";
   - delete
    
5. Make up for
   "His skills cancel his opponent's superior strength";
   - offset, set off
    
6. To publicly reject or withdraw support for someone, often due to controversial behaviour or statements
   "The internet tried to cancel the celebrity after their offensive tweet."
    
7. (mathematics) simplify by removing a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation
   "We can cancel the x in both the numerator and denominator"

1. [N. Amer] A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
   "The musician added a cancel before the note to return it to its natural state";
   - natural
    
2. (printing) a replacement page or section inserted into a book to correct an error
   "The publisher issued a cancel for the misprinted page"
    
3. (philately) a mark made on a postage stamp to show it has been used
   "The collector was disappointed to find a heavy cancel on the rare stamp"

Derived forms: cancels, cancelled, canceling, cancelling

Type of: adjudge, balance, declare, defer, equilibrate, equilibrise [Brit], equilibrize, hold, hold over, mark, musical notation, postpone, prorogue, put back, put off, put over, remit, remove, score, set back, shelve, table [N. Amer], take, take away, withdraw

Encyclopedia: Cancel, David