CASSATION


Meaning of CASSATION in English

— cassational , adj.

/ka say"sheuhn, keuh-/ , n.

1. annulment; cancellation; reversal.

2. Music. an 18th-century instrumental suite for outdoor performance, similar to the divertimento and the serenade.

[ 1375-1425; late ME cassacio ( u ) n cassation- (s. of cassatio ), equiv. to LL cassat ( us ) ptp. of cassare to annul ( cass- var. of L quass- (see QUASH) + -atus -ATE 1 ) + -ion- -ION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .