cancel
/ˈkæn·səl/ v [I/T] (-l-, -ll-)Definition
› to decide that something arranged in advance will not happen, or to state that you do not wish to receive something: [I] We were supposed to meet for dinner but Elise had to cancel at the last minute. › If a stamp or check is canceled, it is marked to show it has been used: [T] He collects canceled stamps. cancellation /ˌkæn·səˈleɪ·ʃən/ n [C/U] › [C] All the tickets were sold, so we waited to see if there were any cancellations.
(Definition of cancel v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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