Thesaurus: nullification

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1. n. The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect.
2. n. the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress
3. n. the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something
4. The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect. Right of nullification (U. S. Hist.), the right claimed in behalf of a State to nullify or make void, by its sovereign act or decree, an enactment of the general government which it deems unconstitutional.
5. The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or ofno legal effect. Right of nullification (U. S. Hist.), the rightclaimed in behalf of a State to nullify or make void, by itssovereign act or decree, an enactment of the general government whichit deems unconstitutional.
6. n:100 n. the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress n. the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something