annulment

/əˈnʌl.mənt/

noun

  1. An act or instance of annulling.

  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.

Synonyms: abolition, cancellation, nullification