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cancelation

[kan-suh-ley-shuhn] Origin

can·cel·la·tion

[kan-suh-ley-shuhn]
noun
1.
an act of canceling.
2.
the marks or perforations made in canceling.
3.
something canceled, as a reservation for a hotel room, airplane ticket, allowing someone else to obtain the accommodation.
Also, can·cel·a·tion.


Origin:
1525–35; < Latin cancellātion- (stem of cancellātiō). See cancellate, -ion

re·can·cel·la·tion, noun
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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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cancelation
also cancellation, 1530s, from L. cancellationem, noun of action from cancellare "to cancel" (see cancel). Of reservations for conveyances, hotels, etc., from 1953.
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