annulment

noun

Etymology: Recorded since the 15th century (sense destruction); from Middle English anullement, partly from annullen (from Middle French annuller, from Latin annūllāre, from ad (“to”) + nūllus (“not any, nothing”) + verbal ending -āre) + -ment (“means to”) (from Latin -mentum) and partly from Middle French annullement. By surface analysis, annul + -ment.

1. An act or instance of annulling.

   “marriage annulment”

   “grant an annulment”

2. The state of having been annulled.
3. An invalidation of something, especially a legal contract.
4. A legal (notably judicial) declaration that a marriage is invalid; the procedure leading to it.
5. Total destruction.