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| {{also|Cancel}} | | {{wiktionary|cancel|cancellation|cancelled}} |
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| | '''Cancel''', '''cancellation''', or '''cancelled''' may refer to: |
| * {{l|en|cancell}} {{qualifier|obsolete}}
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| ===Etymology=== | | == Business == |
| From {{inh|en|enm|cancellen}}, from {{der|en|xno|canceler||to cross out with lines}} (modern {{cog|fr|chanceler||unsteady move}}), from {{der|en|la|cancellō||to make resemble a lattice}}, from {{m|la|cancellus||a railing or lattice}}, diminutive of {{m|la|cancer||a lattice}}.
| | *[[Project cancellation]], in government and industry |
| | *[[Cancellation (mail)]], a postal marking applied to a stamp or stationery indicating the item has been used |
| | *[[Cancellation (insurance)]], the termination of an insurance policy |
| | *[[Flight cancellation and delay]], not operating a scheduled flight |
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| ===Pronunciation=== | | == Sociology == |
| * {{IPA|en|/ˈkænsl̩/}}
| | *[[Cancel culture]], boycotting and ostracism calling out offensive behavior on social media or in real life |
| * {{audio|en|En-au-cancel.ogg|Audio (AU)}}
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| * {{hyph|en|can|cel}} | |
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| ===Verb=== | | == Technology and science == |
| {{en-verb|++|pres_ptc2=canceling|pres_ptc2_qual=US|past2=canceled|past2_qual=US}}
| | *[[Cancel leaf]], a bibliographic term for replaced leaves in printed books |
| | *[[Cancellation property]], the mathematical property if ''a''×''b'' = ''a''×''c'' then ''b'' = ''c'' |
| | **[[Cancelling out]], a technique for simplifying mathematical expressions |
| | *[[Catastrophic cancellation]], numerical error arising from subtracting approximations to nearby numbers |
| | *[[Noise cancellation]], a method for reducing unwanted sound |
| | *[[Interference (wave propagation)|Phase cancellation]], the effect of two waves that are out of phase with each other being summed |
| | *[[Cancel message]], a special message used to remove Usenet articles posted to news servers |
| | *[[Cancel character]], an indication that transmitted data are in error or are to be disregarded |
| | *[[Resolution (logic)#Resolution rule|Resolution rule]], in propositional logic a valid inference rule that produces a new clause by two clauses containing complementary literals. |
| | *[[Cancellable (linguistics)]], a property of implicatures and presuppositions |
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| # {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[cross out]] something with [[line]]s etc.
| | == Entertainment == |
| #* {{RQ:Blackstone Commentaries}}
| | *[[Cancellation (television)]], the termination of a television series |
| #*: A deed may be avoided by delivering it up to be '''cancelled'''; that is, to have lines drawn over it in the form of latticework or cancelli; the phrase is now used figuratively for any manner of obliterating or defacing it.
| | *[[Cancelled (South Park)|"Cancelled" (''South Park'')]], a 2003 episode of the TV series ''South Park'' |
| # {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[invalidate]] or [[annul]] something.
| | *[[Cancelled (Shameless)]], an episode of the American TV series Shameless |
| #: ''He '''cancelled''' his order on their website.''
| | *[[Canceled (Nikita)|"Canceled" (''Nikita'')]], a 2013 episode of ''Nikita'' |
| #* '''1914''', {{w|Marjorie Benton Cooke}}, ''Bambi''
| | *[[Canceled (song)|"Canceled" (song)]], a 2020 song by Larray |
| #*: "I don't know what your agreement was, Herr Professor, but if it had money in it, '''cancel''' it. I want him to learn that lesson, too."
| | *[[Cancelled (EP)|''Cancelled'' (EP)]], a 2024 EP by Mötley Crüe |
| # {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[mark]] something (such as a used [[postage stamp]]) so that it can't be [[reused]].
| | *[[Canceled (film)]], a Swedish horror film |
| #: ''This machine '''cancels''' the letters that have a valid zip code.''
| | *"[[Cancelled!]]", a song by Taylor Swift from the 2025 album ''The Life of a Showgirl'' |
| # {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[offset]] or [[equalize]] something.
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| #: ''The corrective feedback mechanism '''cancels''' out the noise.''
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| # {{lb|en|transitive|mathematics}} To [[remove]] a [[common]] [[factor]] from both the [[numerator]] and [[denominator]] of a [[fraction]], or from [[both]] [[side]]s of an [[equation]].
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| # {{lb|en|transitive|media}} To stop production of a programme.
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| # {{lb|en|printing|dated}} To suppress or [[omit]]; to strike out, as matter in type.
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| # {{lb|en|obsolete}} To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.
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| #* {{RQ:Milton Paradise Lost|book=6|passage='''cancelled''' from heaven}}
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| # {{lb|en|slang}} To kill.
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| #: {{rfquote-sense|en}}
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| # {{lb|en|transitive|neologism}} To cease to provide [[financial]] or [[moral]] [[support]] to (someone deemed [[unacceptable]]). Compare {{m|en|cancel culture}}.
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| #* '''2018''', Jonah Engel Bromwich, in ''{{w|The New York Times}}'' [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/style/is-it-canceled.html]
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| #*: {{quote|en|Bill Gates is '''canceled'''. Gwen Stefani and Erykah Badu are '''canceled'''. Despite his relatively strong play in the World Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo has been '''canceled'''. Taylor Swift is '''canceled''' and Common is '''canceled''' and, Wednesday, Antoni Porowski, a “Queer Eye” fan favorite was also '''canceled'''. Needless to say, Kanye West is '''canceled''', too.}}
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| #* '''2019''', Christopher Hooton, in ''{{w|Vice Media|VICE}}'' [https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/kzm7dv/joan-cornella-artist-interview-instagram-cancelled]
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| #*: {{quote|en|We Spoke to Joan Cornellá, the Artist Who Really Should Have Been '''Cancelled''' By Now}}
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| #* {{quote-web|en|February 5, 2020|Russell Haythorn|An explanation of ‘cancel culture’ and why it's become such a popular phenomenon|The Denver Channel|https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/360/an-explanation-of-cancel-culture-and-why-its-become-such-a-popular-phenomenon |You may have never heard the term "cancel culture," but you certainly know some of the faces who have been '''canceled'''. Everyone from Cosby to Matt Lauer.}}
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| #* '''2020''' July 3, {{w|Kristi Noem}} speech at Mount Rushmore transcribed by {{w|C-SPAN}}[https://www.c-span.org/video/?473617-1/president-trumps-remarks-mt-rushmore-salute-america-event&live=&beta=&action=getTranscript&transcriptType=cc&service-url=/common/services/programSpeakers.php&appearance-filter=&personSkip=0&ccSkip=0&transcriptSpeaker=]:
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| #*: To attempt to '''cancel''' the founding generation is an attempt to '''cancel''' our own freedoms.
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| ====Synonyms==== | | == People and characters == |
| * {{sense|invalidate or annul}} {{l|en|belay}} | | *[[Robinson Cancel]] (born 1976), baseball catcher |
| * {{sense|kill}} {{l|en|take care of}}; see also [[Thesaurus:kill]] | | *[[Rafael Cancel Miranda]] (born 1930), political activist |
| * {{sense|cease supporting someone deemed unacceptable}} {{l|en|blacklist}}; see also [[Thesaurus:boycott]] | | *An alternate name for the archangel [[Camael]] |
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| ====Derived terms==== | | == Government == |
| * [[autocancel]]
| | *[[Cancellation of removal]], a form of immigration relief available to aliens in the United States who be otherwise inadmissible or deportable |
| * [[cancelable]]
| | *Cancellation of [[nationality]] |
| * [[canceler]]
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| * [[cancel someone's Christmas]]
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| * [[cancel out]]
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| * [[precancel]]
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| * [[recancel]] | |
| * [[uncancel]] | |
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| ====Descendants==== | | ==See also== |
| * {{desc|afb|bor=1|كنسل|tr=kansal}} | | * [[Mitigation]] |
| * {{desc|cy|bor=1|canslo}} | | * [[Nullification (disambiguation)]] |
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| ====Translations====
| | {{disambiguation}} |
| {{trans-top|cross out}} | |
| * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|задрасквам}}, {{t+|bg|зачерквам}}
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| * Chinese:
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| *: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|划|sc=Hani}}，{{t+|cmn|勾|sc=Hani}}
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| * Czech: {{t+|cs|škrtnout}}, {{t|cs|škrtat}}
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| * Danish: {{t|da|strege ud}}, {{t+|da|stryge}}
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| * Dutch: {{t+|nl|doorhalen}}
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| * Estonian: {{t|et|kustutama}}
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| * Finnish: {{t+|fi|yliviivata}}
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| * Georgian: {{t|ka|გადახაზვა|sc=Geor}}, {{t|ka|წაშლა|sc=Geor}}
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| * German: {{t|de|ausstreichen}}, {{t+|de|durchstreichen}}, {{t|de|kanzellieren}} {{qualifier|obsolete}}
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| * Greek: {{t+|el|διαγράφω|sc=Grek}}
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| * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kihúz}}
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| * Irish: {{t|ga|síog}}
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| * Italian: {{t+|it|depennare}}, {{t+|it|cancellare}}, {{t+|it|eliminare}}
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| * Norwegian:
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| *: Bokmål: {{t|nb|stryke}}
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| * Polish: {{t+|pl|skreślić}}
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| * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|riscar}}
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| * Romanian: {{t+|ro|anula}}
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| * Russian: {{t+|ru|зачёркивать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|зачеркну́ть}}
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| * Slovak: {{t|sk|škrtnúť}}, {{t|sk|škrtať}}
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| * Swedish: {{t+|sv|stryka}} (över)
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| * Thai: {{t+|th|ขีดฆ่า}}
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| * Welsh: {{t|cy|croesi allan}}
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| {{trans-top|invalidate, annul}}
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| * Alemannic German: {{t|gsw|abbschdelle}}
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| * Arabic: {{t|ar|أَلْغَى}}
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| * Armenian: {{t+|hy|չեղարկել|sc=Armn}}
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| * Belarusian: {{t|be|касава́ць|impf}}, {{t|be|скасо́ўваць|impf}}, {{t|be|скасава́ць|pf}}, {{t|be|адмяня́ць|impf}}, {{t|be|адмяні́ць|pf}}
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| * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|отменям}}, {{t+|bg|анулирам}}
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| * Catalan: {{t+|ca|cancel·lar}}
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| * Chinese:
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| *: Cantonese: {{t|yue|取消|tr=ceoi2 siu1}}
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| *: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|取消|tr=qǔxiāo|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|廢除|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|废除|tr=fèichú|sc=Hani}}
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| * Cornish: {{t|kw|hedhi}}
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| * Czech: {{t+|cs|zrušit}}, {{t+|cs|stornovat}}
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| * Danish: {{t+|da|annullere}}, {{t|da|afbestille}}, {{t|da|aflyse}}
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| * Dutch: {{t+|nl|annuleren}}
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| * Esperanto: {{t+|eo|nuligi}}
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| * Estonian: {{t|et|tühistama}}
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| * Finnish: {{t+|fi|mitätöidä}}, {{t+|fi|kumota}}, {{t+|fi|peruuttaa}}
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| * French: {{t+|fr|annuler}}, {{t+|fr|résilier}} (''a telephone contract, a subscription''), {{t+|fr|se désabonner}} (''a subscription''), {{t+|fr|mettre fin}}, {{t+|fr|décommander}}
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| * Georgian: {{t|ka|გაუქმება|sc=Geor}}, {{t|ka|ანულირება|sc=Geor}}
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| * German: {{t+|de|annullieren}}, {{t+|de|streichen}}, {{t+|de|stornieren}}, {{t+|de|absagen}}, {{t+|de|canceln}}, {{t+|de|abbestellen}}, {{t|de|kanzellieren}} {{qualifier|obsolete}}
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| * Greek: {{t+|el|ακυρώνω|sc=Grek}}
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| *: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἀναιρέω}}
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| * Hebrew: {{t|he|ביטל|tr=bitél}}
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| * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|visszavon}}, {{t+|hu|töröl}}
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| * Irish: {{t|ga|cealaigh}}
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| * Italian: {{t+|it|invalidare}}, {{t+|it|annullare}}, {{t+|it|recidere}}, {{t+|it|cassare}}
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| * Japanese: {{t+|ja|取り消す|tr=とりけす, torikesu|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|取り止める|tr=とりやめる, toriyameru|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|キャンセル|tr=kyanseru-suru|alt=キャンセルする|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|破棄|tr=haki suru|alt=破棄する|sc=Jpan}}
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| * Korean: {{t+|ko|취소하다}}
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| * Latin: {{t|la|rescindō}}
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| * Malay: {{t|ms|batal}}
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| * Malayalam: {{t+|ml|റദ്ദാക്കുക}}, {{t+|ml|ഒഴിവാക്കുക}}
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| * Norwegian:
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| *: Bokmål: {{t|nb|avbestille}}, {{t+|nb|avbryte}}, {{t|nb|oppheve}}, {{t+|nb|avlyse}}
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| * Polish: {{t+|pl|odwołać}}, {{t+|pl|anulować}}
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| * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|anular}}, {{t+|pt|invalidar}}, {{t+|pt|cancelar}}
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| * Romanian: {{t+|ro|anula}}
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| * Russian: {{t+|ru|отменя́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|отмени́ть|pf}}; {{t+|ru|аннули́ровать|impf|pf}}
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| * Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|otkazati|pf}}, {{t+|sh|otkazivati|impf}}
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| * Slovak: {{t|sk|zrušiť}}, {{t|sk|rušiť}}
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| * Spanish: {{t+|es|cancelar}}
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| * Swahili: {{t+|sw|ghairi}}
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| * Swedish: {{t+|sv|annullera}}, {{t+|sv|avbryta}} (''about an action''), {{t+|sv|upphäva}} (''about a given order, or a rule'')
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| * Thai: {{t+|th|ยกเลิก}}
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| * Tigrinya: {{t|ti|ኣትርፍ}}
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| * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|касува́ти|impf}}, {{t+|uk|скасо́вувати|impf}}, {{t+|uk|скасува́ти|pf}}
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| * Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|hủy}}
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| * Volapük: {{t+|vo|nosükön}}
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| * Welsh: {{t+|cy| canslo}}
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| * West Frisian: {{t+|fy|annulearje}}
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| {{trans-top|mark to prevent reuse}}
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| * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|унищожавам}} {{qualifier|(марка)}}
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| * Danish: {{t|da|stemple}} (''cancelling stamps'')
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| * French: {{t+|fr|oblitérer}} (''cancelling stamps'')
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| * German: {{t+|de|entwerten}}, {{t+|de|abstempeln}}, {{t|de|kanzellieren}} {{qualifier|obsolete or translationese}}
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| * Greek: {{t+|el|ακυρώνω|sc=Grek}}
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| * Italian: {{t+|it|obliterare}}, {{t+|it|annullare}}
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| * Russian: {{t+|ru|погаша́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|погаси́ть|pf}}
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| * Swedish: {{t+|sv|stämpla}} (''cancelling stamps'')
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| * Welsh: {{t+|cy|canslo}}
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| {{trans-top|offset, equalize}}
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| * Czech: {{t+|cs|vyrušit}}
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| * Danish: {{t|da|ophæve}}
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| * Finnish: {{t+|fi|kumota}}, {{t+|fi|poistaa}}
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| * French: {{t+|fr|neutraliser}}, {{t+|fr|compenser}}
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| * German: {{t+|de|aufheben}}, {{t+|de|auslöschen}}
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| * Greek: {{t+|el|αντισταθμίζω|sc=Grek}}
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| * Italian: {{t+|it|neutralizzare}}, {{t+|it|compensare}}, {{t+|it|filtrare}}
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| * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|neutralizar}}
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| * Russian: {{t+|ru|отсека́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|отсе́чь|pf}}
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| * Swedish: {{t+|sv|upphäva}}, {{t|sv|släcka ut}}, {{t+|sv|ta ut}}
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| * Welsh: {{t+|cy|canslo}}
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| {{trans-top|remove a common factor}}
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| * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|съкращавам}}
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| * Czech: {{t+|cs|krátit}}
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| * Danish: {{t+|da|forkorte}}
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| * Dutch: {{t+|nl|schrappen}}
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| * Estonian: {{t|et|taandama}}
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| * Finnish: {{t+|fi|supistaa}} {{q|fraction}}, {{t|fi|[[jakaa]] [[molemmat]] [[puoli|puolet]]}} {{q|equation, factor in adessive}}
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| * French: {{t+|fr|éliminer}}, {{t+|fr|annuler}}
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| * Georgian: {{t|ka|შეკვეცა|sc=Geor}}, {{t|ka|გაბათილება|sc=Geor}}
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| * German: {{t+|de|kürzen}}
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| * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|egyszerűsít}}
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| * Polish: {{t+|pl|skrócić}}
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| * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|eliminar}}
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| * Russian: {{t+|ru|сокраща́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|сократи́ть|pf}}
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| * Slovak: {{t|sk|krátiť}}
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| * Swedish: {{t+|sv|förkorta}}
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| * Tagalog: {{t|tl|payiin}}
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| * Welsh: {{t+|cy|canslo}}
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| {{trans-top|stop production}}
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| * German: {{t+|de|einstellen}}
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| * Malayalam: {{t+|ml|റദ്ദാക്കുക}}
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| * Slovak: {{t|sk|zrušiť}}, {{t|sk|rušiť}}
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| * Welsh: {{t+|cy|canslo}}
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| {{trans-top|printing, dated: suppress or omit}}
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| {{trans-top|slang: kill}}
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| * German: {{t+|de|auslöschen}}
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| {{trans-top|cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable)}}
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| * German: {{t|de|kanzellieren}}
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| * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|hanyagol}}
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| * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|cancelar}}
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| * Luxembourgish: {{t-check|lb|ännerungen}}
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| * Spanish: {{t+check|es|cancelar}}
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| # A [[cancellation]] (''US''); ([[nonstandard]] in some kinds of English).
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| ## {{lb|en|Internet}} A [[control]] [[message]] posted to [[Usenet]] that serves to cancel a previously posted message.
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| # {{lb|en|obsolete}} An [[enclosure]]; a [[boundary]]; a [[limit]].
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| #* {{RQ:Taylor Cave Antiquitates Christianae|passage=A prison is but a retirement, and opportunity of serious thoughts, to a person whose spirit{{...}}desires no enlargement beyond the '''cancels''' of the body.}}
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| # {{lb|en|printing}} The [[suppression]] on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.
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| # {{lb|en|printing}} The page thus suppressed.
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| # {{lb|en|printing}} The page that replaces it.
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| ====Derived terms====
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| * [[autocancel]]
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| * [[dumb cancel]]
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| * [[killer cancel]]
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| * [[mute cancel]]
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| * [[precancel]]
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| ====Translations====
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| {{trans-top|cancellation}}
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| * Danish: {{t|da|aflysning}}, {{t|da|afbestilling}}, {{t+|da|annullering}}
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| * French: {{t+|fr|annulation|f}}
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| * Greek: {{t+|el|ακύρωση|f|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|ματαίωση|f|sc=Grek}}
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| * Italian: {{t+|it|cancellazione|f}}, {{t+|it|annullamento|m}}, {{t+|it|cassazione|f}}, {{t|it|timbro postale|m}}, {{t|it|obliteratore|m}}
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| * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|anulação|f}}
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| {{trans-top|printing: suppression on striking out of matter}}
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| {{trans-top|mark cancelling a sharp or flat}}
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| * Danish: {{t|da|ophævningstegn}}
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| * French: {{t+|fr|bécarre|m}}
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| * Greek: {{t+|el|διαγραφή|f|sc=Grek}}
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| * Italian: {{t+|it|spuntato}}
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| * Russian: {{t+|ru|бека́р|m}}
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| * Swedish: {{t+|sv|återställningstecken|n}}
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| ===Related terms===
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| * {{l|en|chancel}}
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| * {{l|en|cancellation}}
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| * {{l|en|chancellery}}
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| * {{l|en|chancellor}}
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| * {{l|en|chancery}}
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| ===Further reading===
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| * {{R:Webster 1913}}
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| * {{R:Century 1911}}
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| * {{R:OneLook}}
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| * {{R:DRAE}}
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