# annulment

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˈnʌl.mənt/ · frequency rank #34,775

## Definitions
1. An act or instance of annulling.
2. The state of having been annulled.
3. An invalidation of something, especially a legal contract.
4. A legal (notably judicial) declaration that a marriage is invalid; the procedure leading to it.
5. Total destruction.

## Etymology
Recorded since the 15th century (sense destruction); from Middle English anullement, partly from annullen (from Middle French annuller, from Latin annūllāre, from ad (“to”) + nūllus (“not any, nothing”) + verbal ending -āre) + -ment (“means to”) (from Latin -mentum) and partly from Middle French annullement. By surface analysis, annul + -ment.

## Common misspellings (12)
`annlument`, `annulemnt`, `annullment`, `annulmennt`, `annulmentt`, `annulmetn`, `annulmment`, `annulmnet`, `annumlent`, `anulment`, `anunlment`, `nanulment`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/annulment