Associations to the word «Nullification»

Wiktionary

NULLIFICATION, noun. The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect.
NULLIFICATION, noun. Removal

Dictionary definition

NULLIFICATION, noun. The states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress.
NULLIFICATION, noun. The act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats