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    can·cel
    [ˈkans(ə)l]
    verb
    cancel (verb) · cancels (third person present) · cancelled (past tense) · cancelled (past participle) · cancelling (present participle) · canceled (past tense) · canceled (past participle) · canceling (present participle)
    1. decide or announce that (a planned event) will not take place:
      "he was forced to cancel his visit"
      • annul or revoke (a formal arrangement which is in effect):
        "his visa had been canceled"
      • abolish or make void (a financial obligation):
        "I intend to cancel your debt to me"
    2. (of a factor or circumstance) neutralize or negate the force or effect of (another):
      "the shipping costs canceled out any savings" · "the electric fields may cancel each other out"
      • mathematics
        delete (an equal factor) from both sides of an equation or from the numerator and denominator of a fraction:
        "“‘Divide by 9” cancels out “multiply by 9”"
    3. publicly boycott or withdraw support from (a person, organization, etc.) for promoting beliefs that are regarded as socially unacceptable:
      "fans on social media are torn over whether to support or cancel him"
    4. mark, pierce, or tear (a ticket, check, or postage stamp) to show that it has been used or invalidated.
    noun
    cancel (noun) · cancels (plural noun)
    1. a mark made on a postage stamp to show that it has been used:
      "a stamp franked and with an adhesive cancel"
    2. printing
      a new page or section inserted in a book to replace the original text, typically to correct an error:
      "a cancel title page"
    Origin
    late Middle English (in the sense ‘obliterate or delete writing by drawing or stamping lines across it’): from Old French canceller, from Latin cancellare, from cancelli ‘crossbars’.
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