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void Definition


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void
adj
    1. Not valid or legally binding.
      Example: declared the contract null and void
      Thesaurus: rescinded, canceled, invalid, ineffective; Antonym: valid.
    2. Containing nothing; empty or unoccupied.
      Thesaurus: emptied, vacant, bare, drained, dead, blank; Antonym: full.
    3. Lacking in it.
      Example: void of humour
      Form: void of something (usually)
noun
    1. An empty space.
    2. A space left blank or unfilled.
      Thesaurus: vacuum, chasm, cavity, emptiness, opening, gap.
    3. A feeling of absence or emptiness strongly felt.
    4. cards.
      Lacking (cards of a particular suit).
      Example: void in hearts
      Form: void in something (usually)
verb voided, voiding
    1. To make empty or clear.
    2. To invalidate or nullify.
      Thesaurus: cancel, nullify, invalidate, annul, rescind.
    3. To empty (the bladder or bowels).
Derivative: voidable
adj
    Derivative: voidness
    noun
      Etymology: 13c: from French voide empty.



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