cancel

/ˈkænsəl/ verb [T] (present participle UK cancelling, past tense and past participle cancelled, present participle US canceling, past tense and past participle canceled)

Definition

EVENT › to say that an organized event will not now happen: [often passive] The meeting has been cancelled.

GOODS/SERVICES › to stop an order for goods or services that you do not now want

(Definition of cancel verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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