# nullification

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌnʌlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ · frequency rank #48,932

## Definitions
1. The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or no legal effect.
2. The nullification crisis in U.S. history, confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government in 1832–33 over the former's attempt to declare null and void within the state the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832.
3. Surgical removal of genitals (and sometimes nipples) as a form of body modification.

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

## Common misspellings (18)
`nlulification`, `nnullification`, `nulification`, `nulilfication`, `nullfiication`, `nullifciation`, `nulliffication`, `nullifiaction`, `nullificaiton`, `nullificasion`, `nullificatino`, `nullificationn`, `nullificatoin`, `nullificattion`, `nullificcation`, `nullifictaion`, `nulliifcation`, `unllification`

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