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Noun: cancellation  ,kan-su'ley-shun
  1. The act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
    "The cancellation of the event disappointed many ticket holders";
    - cancelation [US, rare]
     
  2. (philately) a mark made on a postage stamp to show it has been used
    "The rare stamp had a clear Manchester cancellation";
    - cancelation [US, rare]
     
  3. (mathematics) the elimination of equal terms or factors from an equation or expression
    "The cancellation of common factors simplified the fraction";
    - cancelation [US, rare]

Derived forms: cancellations

Type of: nullification, override

Encyclopedia: Cancellation