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annulment

/uh-nuhl-muhnt/US // əˈnʌl mənt //UK // (əˈnʌlmənt) //

废止,废止婚姻,废止婚姻关系,废除

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of annulling, especially the formal declaration that annuls a marriage.
    • : Psychoanalysis. a mental process by which unpleasant or painful ideas are abolished from the mind.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounvoiding an agreement

Examples

  • I felt like it’s so unfair that Protestants can’t get annulments, and I’ll convert.

  • Previously, frustrated couples had to go through a bureaucratic annulment process that often involved cumbersome fees.

  • But he says not everyone wants to adopt the so-called American style annulment factory.

  • The demand for annulment matters because Grayson is rich, even by Congress's high standards.

  • A source also told the paper that Aaliyah ended all contact with Kelly after the annulment.

  • The new law contains a clause barring its annulment or appeal.

  • She was divorced in 1983, and there is no sign of her having secured an annulment.

  • He then succeeded in taking away the ancient rights of the town, upon the annulment of which he had set his mind.

  • Shiela, dear, some day will you very quietly ask some woman the difference between divorce and annulment?

  • It would make new complications, application of annulment—oh, innumerable opportunities to harass you.

  • The assembly was greatly alarmed and directed its agents to seek the annulment of this patent also.

  • Impotence, when anterior to marriage, may be put forward as a ground for annulment by either party.