annulment

/əˈnʌlmənt/ (bre, ipa) · /əˈnʌlmənt/ (ame, ipa) · /ə-ˈnəl-mənt/ (ame, mw)

annulment — noun

  • annulmentsingular
  • annulmentsplural

1. a legal decision that a marriage, contract, or other agreement was never legally

1.名詞C1
釋義

a legal decision that a marriage, contract, or other agreement was never legally valid and therefore has no legal effect from the very beginning

例句

The Church gave the couple an annulment after learning the marriage was never valid.

annulment of a marriage (religious context)

Roberto asked for an annulment of the sales contract after the seller had lied.

annulment + of + contract (for fraud)

同義詞
  • nullification

    broader term; often used for laws or court decisions rather than personal agreements

  • invalidation

    slightly more general; can apply to tickets, documents, or procedures, not just legal statuses

  • dissolution

    used for ending a valid marriage (divorce) or business partnership, not for declaring it void from the start

反義詞
  • validation

    the act of making something legally effective

  • ratification

    formal approval that confirms a contract or agreement as valid

文法句型

annulment + of + noun phrase

用法筆記

Frequently used with legal verbs such as 'grant', 'order', 'file for', 'request'. The object of annulment is typically a marriage, contract, agreement, or election result. Unlike divorce (which ends a valid marriage), annulment declares that the marriage was never valid from the start.

常見錯誤

❌They got an annulment of their divorce.
✅They got an annulment of their marriage.
💡Annulment applies to the original marriage, not to a divorce.
❌The couple decided to annulment the contract.
✅The couple decided to annul the contract.
💡Annulment is a noun; the verb form is 'annul'.