1. (of events) no longer planned or scheduled
   "the wedding is definitely cancelled";
   - off, canceled [US]

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"

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

Antonym: on

Encyclopedia: Cancelled