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kans-uh-LAYSHUN/ˌkænsəˈleɪʃn/

A cancellation stops a planned event, service, or order: train cancellations; cancellation of a contract. Cancel is the verb (already in the dictionary). Delay means late, not stopped. Operators under-report cancellation figures. Do not mix with cancer.

Meaning

The act of stopping a planned event, service, or order.

Examples

• “Train cancellation figures were worse than the operator claimed.”
• “Cancellation of the module left a hole in her credits.”

Good to know

a cancellation; cancellation of. Verb: cancel. Related: delay (late, not stopped). Travel: cancellation policy. Mix-up: cancer. Plural news: cancellations.

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