CANCEL

I. verb (-celed or -celled; -celing or ~ling) Etymology: Middle English ~len, from Anglo-French ~ler, chanceller, from Late Latin ~lare, from Latin, to make like a lattice, from ~li (plural), diminutive of cancer lattice, probably alteration of carcer prison Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to destroy the force, effectiveness, or validity of ; annul , to bring to nothingness ; destroy , to match in force or effect ; offset , to call off usually without expectation of conducting or performing at a later time , 2. to mark or strike out for deletion, omit , delete , 3. to remove (a common divisor) from numerator and denominator, to remove (equivalents) on opposite sides of an equation or account, to deface (a postage or revenue stamp) especially with a set of ink lines so as to invalidate for reuse, intransitive verb to neutralize each other's strength or effect ; counterbalance , ~able or ~lable adjective ~er or ~ler noun II. noun Date: 1806 ~lation , 2. a deleted part or passage, b. a leaf containing matter to be deleted, a new leaf or slip substituted for matter already printed