Толковый словарь английского языка - 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