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 - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne