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| n. (communication) | 1. cancel, natural | a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat. |
| ~ musical notation | (music) notation used by musicians. |
| v. (social) | 2. call off, cancel, scratch, scrub | postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled.; "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill" |
| ~ schedule | make a schedule; plan the time and place for events.; "I scheduled an exam for this afternoon" |
| v. (stative) | 3. cancel, offset, set off | make up for.; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength" |
| ~ countervail, counteract, counterbalance, neutralize | oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions.; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues" |
| ~ balance, equilibrise, equilibrize, equilibrate | bring into balance or equilibrium.; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights" |
| v. (social) | 4. cancel, strike down | declare null and void; make ineffective.; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law" |
| ~ countermand, repeal, rescind, annul, revoke, vacate, reverse, overturn, lift | cancel officially.; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" |
| ~ adjudge, declare, hold | declare to be.; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent" |
| ~ remit | release from (claims, debts, or taxes).; "The taxes were remitted" |
| ~ write off | cancel (a debt). |
| ~ annul, invalidate, nullify, void, quash, avoid | declare invalid.; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea" |
| ~ recall | make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution.; "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty" |
| v. (contact) | 5. cancel, delete | remove or make invisible.; "Please delete my name from your list" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| ~ rub out, score out, erase, wipe off, efface | remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing.; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!" |
| ~ excise, expunge, scratch, strike | remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line.; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark" |
| v. (communication) | 6. cancel, invalidate | make invalid for use.; "cancel cheques or tickets" |
| ~ score, mark | make underscoring marks. |
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