cancel
cancel (kănʹsəl) verb
canceled also cancelled, canceling cancelling, cancels cancels
verb, transitive
1. To cross out with lines or other markings. See synonyms at erase.
2. To annul or invalidate.
3. To mark or perforate (a postage stamp or check, for example) to indicate that it may not be used again.
4. To equalize or make up for; offset: Today's decline in stock price canceled out yesterday's gain.
5. Mathematics. a. To remove (a common factor) from the numerator and denominator of a fractional expression. b. To remove (a common factor or term) from both sides of an equation or inequality.
6. Printing. To omit or delete.
verb, intransitive
To neutralize one another; counterbalance: two opposing forces that canceled out.
noun
1. The act or an instance of canceling; a cancellation.
2. Printing. a. Deletion of typed or printed matter. b. The matter deleted. c. A replacement for deleted matter.
[Middle English cancellen, from Old French canceller, from Latin cancellāre, to cross out, from cancellus, lattice diminutive of cancer, lattice.]
canʹcelable adjective
canʹceler noun