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| annulment |
a court decree declaring a marriage to be invalid. [1/2 definitions] |
| caretaker |
a person who takes care of another, such as an invalid. [1/2 definitions] |
| coddle |
to treat with indulgence, as one would treat an invalid or baby; pamper. [1/2 definitions] |
| discrimination |
the act, or collective acts, of making invalid, unfair, or hurtful differentiations, as in prejudice against people of minority groups. [1/3 definitions] |
| disprove |
to prove to be untrue, erroneous, or invalid. |
| flaw1 |
in law, a defect that makes a document invalid. [1/5 definitions] |
| invalid1 |
of, related to, or appropriate for an invalid. [2/4 definitions] |
| invalidate |
to make invalid; deprive of force or effect. |
| mistrial |
a trial that is declared invalid because of an error in the proceedings. [1/2 definitions] |
| negate |
to render ineffective or invalid; nullify. [1/2 definitions] |
| nude |
unsupported by evidence or otherwise legally invalid. [1/5 definitions] |
| nugatory |
having no effect or force; invalid; futile. [1/2 definitions] |
| null |
not having any legal force; invalid. [1/4 definitions] |
| nullity |
that which is null or invalid, esp. something without legal force or validity. [1/2 definitions] |
| repudiate |
to reject completely as invalid or untrue. [1/3 definitions] |
| rescind |
to take back or make invalid; revoke. |
| stuff |
in the United States, to put invalid votes into (a ballot box) in order to try to win an election by means of fraud. [1/10 definitions] |
| valetudinarian |
a person confined or incapacitated by poor health; invalid. [2/4 definitions] |
| vitiate |
to make (a legal document or the like) ineffective or invalid. [1/2 definitions] |
| void |
in law, not legally binding; invalid. [2/11 definitions] |
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