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Definitions: Nullification |
NullificationNoun1. The states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress. 2. The act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Nullification \Nul`li*fi*ca"tion\, noun. [Latin expression nullificatio contempt. See Nullify.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: NullificationSynonym: override (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In the 1832 nullification crisis, South Carolina voided a tariff that was passed by the United States federal government to benefit trade in the northern states. It was deemed a "Tariff of Abominations" and its provisions would have seriously injured South Carolina's economy had it ever been successful. Consequently, the South Carolinian ports forbade the import of goods that were affected by the tariff. The debate grew heated in the interpretation the right of South Carolina to repeal a federal law. President Andrew Jackson soon ordered troops to South Carolinian ports to ensure the importation of the affected goods. As a result, South Carolina repealed the act nullifying the federal law, and both sides of the debate claimed victory.
The crisis was a testament to the widening schism between the North and South that would soon instigate the United States Civil War.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Nullification."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Abrogation | Noun: abrogation, annulment, nullification, recision; vacatur; canceling; Verb: cancel; revocation, revokement; repeal, rescission, defeasance. |
Compensation | Noun: compensation, equation; commutation; indemnification; compromise; neutralization, nullification; counteraction; reaction; measure for measure. retaliation; equalization; robbing Peter to pay Paul. |
Nonobservance | Retraction, retractation, repudiation, nullification; protest; forfeiture. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Nullification |
| English words defined with "nullification": Extinguishment ♦ nullifier ♦ Right of nullification ♦ vitiation. (references) |
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor's lips are presently dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1905) |
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Economic History | Kenya | Contravention of the Kenyan legal practices and procedures, including using the services of a non-Commonwealth attorney could result in serious repercussions such as deregistration of the company, loss of IPR protection, and nullification of any and all legal agreements, contracts, charges, etc. (references) |
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| "Nullification" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Nullification" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "nullification": action for nullification ♦ right of nullification. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
jury nullification | 40 |
crisis nullification | 28 |
nullification | 26 |
doctrine nullification | 6 |
male nullification | 6 |
1832 crisis nullification | 4 |
canada jury nullification | 4 |
genital nullification | 4 |
nullification penis | 4 |
nullification ordinance | 3 |
nullification penectomy | 2 |
female nullification | 2 |
body nullification | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "nullification"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shfuqizim (abrogation, invalidity, negation, repeal, rescission), anulim (abolishment, annulment, avoidance, cancel, cancellation, cassation, Defeasance, defeat, invalidation, recall, repeal, rescission, reversal, revocation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | إلغاء (abolishment, abolition, annihilation, avoidance, cancel, cancellation, recall, repeal, rescission, revocation), إبطال (abolition, abrogation, annihilation, annulment, avoidance, cancellation, circumvention, counteraction, defeasance, frustration, invalidation, negation, repeal, rescission, reversal, revocation, vitiation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | неутрализиране (counteraction, neutralization), анулиране (abatement, abrogation, annulment, cancellation, cassation, defeat, invalidation, recision, repeal, rescission, retraction, voidance, write off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | anulování (Defeasance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vordering tot nietigverklaring (action for nullification, action of nullity, claim of nullity, nullification suit), intrekken van de acte van concessie (nullification of a grant, to annul a grant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ابطال (Disproof, Rescission, Revoke, Waiver). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | mitättömyyskanne (action for nullification, action of nullity, claim of nullity, nullification suit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | invalidation, infirmation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Annulierung. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ακύρωση (abolishment, abolition, abrogation, annulment, cancel, cancellation, invalidation, repeal, rescission, reversal, validation, voidance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אפוס (negation, reducing to nought, reset), "פר" (annulment, breach, contravention, infringement, violation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megsemmisítés (annihilation, annulment, destruction, dissolution, effacement, eradication, extermination, obliteration, repeal, scattering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pembatalan (abolition, annulment, cancellation, defeasance, postponement), kebatalan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | annullamento (abolition, annulment, avoidance, cancel, cancellation, repeal, retirement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ullificationnay ravina (Canyon, Col, coulee, couloir, donjon, flume, gules, gully, hollow, kloof, neck, ravine). (various references) anulare (annulment, avoidance, call off, cancellation, defeasance, defeat, effacement, remitment, remittal, repeal, rescission, reversal, revocation). (various references) аннулирование (abatement, annulment, cancellation, defeasance, defeat, invalidation, nullity, repeal, rescission, undoing, write off, writeoff). (various references) ukidanje (recession, repeal, rescission, reversal, suppression, suspension, undoing), poništenje (abolishment, annulment, avoid, avoidance, cancellation, cassation, countermand, defeasance, dissolution, invalidation, recession, repeal, rescission, vitiation). (various references) anulación (annulment, avoidance, cancel, cancellation, defeat, denouncement, repudiation, rescission, revocation). (various references) annulering (annulment, cancellation, invalidation, rescission, revocation). (various references) การไม่มีผลบังคับ. (various references) iptal (abatement, abolition, abrogation, annihilation, annulment, avoidance, cancel, cancellation, cancelling, cassation, defeasance, defeat, dissolution, invalidation, nullity, recall, repeal, rescission, reversal, revocation, termination, void, withdrawal), geçersiz kılma (cancellation, invalidation), etkisiz hale getirme. (various references) скасування (abolishment, abolition, abrogation, annihilation, cancel, cancellation, defeasance, demolition, repeal, withdrawal), визнання недійсним, зведення нанівець (stultification), анулювання (abatement, abolition, abrogation, annihilation, annulment, avoidance, cancel, cancellation, defeasance, invalidation, repeal, rescission, revocation, write off). (various references) sự l m th nh vô hiệu, sự huỷ bỏ (abolishment, abolition, abrogation, annulment, cancel, cancellation, disaffirmation, repeal, rescission, revocation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "nullification": nullificationist, nullificationists, nullifications. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "nullification" (pronounced nu'lufukā"shun) |
| 9 | -l u f u k ā" sh u n | amplification, disqualification, qualification, vilification. |
| 8 | -u f u k ā" sh u n | acidification, certification, classification, codification, decertification, deification, diversification, edification, falsification, fortification, gasification, gratification, identification, intensification, magnification, modification, notification, ossification, pacification, personification, purification, quantification, ramification, ratification, recertification, reclassification, rectification, reunification, sanctification, saponification, unification, verification. |
| 7 | -f u k ā" sh u n | pontification, suffocation. |
| 6 | -u k ā" sh u n | adjudication, advocation, allocation, application, authentication, avocation, communication, complication, convocation, dedication, desiccation, domestication, duplication, education, equivocation, eradication, excommunication, explication, implication, indication, intoxication, invocation, medication, misallocation, misapplication, miscommunication, multiplication, prefabrication, prognostication, provocation, reallocation, rededication, replication, revocation, vindication. |
| 5 | -k ā" sh u n | abdication, altercation, bifurcation, clarification, confiscation, demarcation, detoxication, detoxification, disembarkation, dislocation, echolocation, electrification, embarkation, evocation, fabrication, gentrification, glorification, indemnification, justification, location, lubrication, misidentification, mummification, obfuscation, publication, relocation, simplification, sophistication, specification, syndication, telecommunication, vacation, vocation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, activation, adaptation, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alphabetization, alteration, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authorization, automation, aviation, balkanization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, coagulation, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communization, compensation, compilation, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, divination, documentation, domination, donation, dramatization, duration, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, facilitation, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gastrulation, generalization, generation, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, gradation, graduation, granulation, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indentation, indexation, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, machination, magnetization, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscreation, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, nucleation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, punctuation, quotation, radiation, radicalization, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recitation, reclamation, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, recuperation, redecoration, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanitation, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, specialization, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, summation, superstation, tabulation, taxation, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, vibration, victimization, violation, visitation, visualization, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-f-i-i-i-l-l-n-n-o-t-u" | |
-2 letters: unification. | |
-3 letters: functional, infliction. | |
-4 letters: ciliation, clintonia, continual, fictional, filiation, incaution, inflation, inoculant. | |
-5 letters: continua, countian, fountain, function, illation, inaction, lunation, unfilial. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-f-i-i-i-l-l-n-n-o-t-u" | |
+1 letter: nullifications. | |
+3 letters: nullificationist. | |
+4 letters: nullificationists. | |
+5 letters: quantificationally. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 75 6C 6C 69 66 69 63 61 74 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. ..- .-.. .-.. .. ..-. .. -.-. .- - .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01110101 01101100 01101100 01101001 01100110 01101001 01100011 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N u l l i f i c a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0075 006C 006C 0069 0066 0069 0063 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)48877878757275696786758180 |
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