different between cancellation vs voiding

English

Alternative forms

• cancelation (US)

Etymology

cancel +? -ation

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kæns??le???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

cancellation (countable and uncountable, plural cancellations)

1. The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.
2. (mathematics) The operation of striking out common factors, in both the dividend and divisor.
3. (philately) A postmark that marks a postage stamp so as to prevent its reuse.
4. (law) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to cancel the registration of a trademark or patent.
5. (anatomy) The property of being cancellate.
   • 194?, Columbia University. School of Dental and Oral Surgery, Principles of Radiodontia

     Spongy bone is composed of cancellated areas appearing as a fine, interlacing network. These cancellated spaces are irregular both in size and shape. The normal cancellation is rather large […]

Related terms

• cancel
• killer cancel

Translations

English

Verb

voiding

1. present participle of void

Noun

voiding (plural voidings)

1. An act by which something is voided, such as urination.
   • 1649, Joseph Hall, Resolutions and Decisions of Divers Practicall cases of Conscience

     the annulling or voiding of marriages, made unlawfully

2. That which is voided; that which is ejected or evacuated; a remnant; a fragment.
   • 1714, Nicholas Rowe, The Tragedy of Jane Shore

     Oh! bestow
     Some poor Remain, the voiding of thy Table,
     A Morsel to support my famish'd soul