Other forms: cancellations
A cancellation is a service called off before it runs. A last-minute cancellation, cancellation charges, the cancellation was announced.
In Britain a train cancelled at short notice triggers compensation under the delay repay scheme, and the rules differ by operator. In music and sound, cancellation is waves meeting out of phase and silencing each other. The Latin means to cross out with lattice lines.
1nouncancellationA service called off before it runs.
“Because of the snow, there were cancellations on every train line.”
cancellation is a calling off.
Latin cancellatio comes from cancellare, to cross out with lattice lines, from cancelli, a grating.
Latin
cancellātiō
English, today
cancellation
From Latin cancellātiō, from cancellō + -tiō.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA