cancel: Meaning and Definition of

can•cel

1. to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
2. to decide or announce that a planned event will not take place; call off: to cancel a meeting.
3. to mark or perforate (a postage stamp, admission ticket, etc.) so as to render invalid for reuse.
4. to neutralize; counterbalance; compensate for: His sincere apology canceled his sarcastic remark.
5. He plans to cancel his account at the department store.
1. to close (an account) by crediting or paying all outstanding charges:He plans to cancel his account at the department store.
2. to eliminate or offset (a debit, credit, etc.) with an entry for an equal amount on the opposite side of a ledger, as when a payment is received on a debt.
6. to eliminate by striking out a factor common to both the denominator and numerator of a fraction, equivalent terms on opposite sides of an equation, etc.
7. to cross out (words, letters, etc.) by drawing a line over the item.
8. to omit.

1. to counterbalance or compensate for one another; become neutralized (often fol. by out): The pros and cons cancel out.
2. (of factors common to both the denominator and numerator of a fraction, certain terms on opposite sides of an equation, etc.) to be equivalent; to allow cancellation.

1. an act of canceling.
1. omission.
2. a replacement for an omitted part.