nullification

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress
noun the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something

Borrowed from Late Latin nullificatio, from nullifico, equivalent to null + -ification.

A Critical Study of Nullification in South Carolina. — Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, Charles W. (Charles Wendell) David
A new convention in South Carolina then repealed the ordinance of nullification. — A School History of the United States, John Bach McMaster
"Pirates in ships faster than light--fifth order rays--nullification of gravity--mass without inertia--ridiculous! — Triplanetary, E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith

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