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• IPA: /əˈnʌl.mənt/

名詞

annulment (countable and uncountable, plural annulments)

1. An act or instance of annulling.

   Synonyms: abolition, cancellation, nullification (cognate); see also Thesaurus:invalidation

   marriage annulment

   grant an annulment

   petition for annulment

   The marriage was declared void by an official annulment.

   They sought an annulment instead of a divorce.

2. The state of having been annulled.
3. (law) An invalidation of something, especially a legal contract.
4. (law, Catholicism) A legal (notably judicial) declaration that a marriage is invalid; the procedure leading to it.

   Synonym: (Catholicism) declaration of nullity

5. (archaic) Total destruction.

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