nullification
1. the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress • Derivationally related forms: nullify • Hypernyms: states' rights 2. the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something • Syn: override • Derivationally related forms: override (for: override), nullify • Hypernyms: change of state • Hyponyms: cancellation, vitiation, neutralization, neutralisation, counteraction
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