cancellation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Latin cancellātiō, from cancellō + -tiō.

[C6-859] Ruby appears to have believed that some of those cancellations were motivated by the Weissman advertisement. — Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, United States. Warren Commission
None the less, flight cancellations busied the phones at most airlines and travel agencies, while the gargantuan task of rescheduling thousands of flights with 30% less planes began. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau
As Barcelona was tossing his cancellation at the Steward and preparing to make a full and plausible explanation to the gambling instinct of the Kentucky Derby crowd, I considered the matter carefully: "Let's see," I thought. — The Big Fix, George O. (George Oliver) Smith

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