All cancel out synonyms

verb cancel out

• override — to prevail or have dominance over; have final authority or say over; overrule: to override one's advisers.
• discredit — to injure the credit or reputation of; defame: an effort to discredit honest politicians.
• repair — to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
• fix — to repair; mend.
• improve — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• thwart — to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• rectify — to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account.
• resist — to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
• offset — something that counterbalances, counteracts, or compensates for something else; compensating equivalent.
• correct — If something is correct, it is in accordance with the facts and has no mistakes.
• reverse — opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character: an impression reverse to what was intended; in reverse sequence.
• void — Law. having no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable.
• undo — to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done: Murder once done can never be undone.
• disallow — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
• belie — If one thing belies another, it hides the true situation and so creates a false idea or image of someone or something.
• vitiate — to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
• disprove — to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
• rebut — to refute by evidence or argument.
• annihilate — To annihilate something means to destroy it completely.
• overshadow — to be more important or significant by comparison: For years he overshadowed his brother.
• prevail — to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally: Silence prevailed along the funeral route.
• eclipse — Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
• surpass — to go beyond in amount, extent, or degree; be greater than; exceed.
• overcome — to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat: to overcome the enemy.
• repudiate — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
• contradict — If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.
• counter — In a place such as a shop or café, a counter is a long narrow table or flat surface at which customers are served.
• squelch — to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash.
• outweigh — to exceed in value, importance, influence, etc.: The advantages of the plan outweighed its defects.
• invalidate — to render invalid; discredit.
• countervail — to act or act against with equal power or force
• neutralize — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
• negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
• better — Better is the comparative of good.
• redress — the setting right of what is wrong: redress of abuses.
• nullify — to render or declare legally void or inoperative: to nullify a contract.
• counterbalance — To counterbalance something means to balance or correct it with something that has an equal but opposite effect.
• negate — to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
• abrogate — If someone in a position of authority abrogates something such as a law, agreement, or practice, they put an end to it.
• counteract — To counteract something means to reduce its effect by doing something that produces an opposite effect.
• balance — If you balance something somewhere, or if it balances there, it remains steady and does not fall.
• counterpoise — a force, influence, etc, that counterbalances another
• annul — If an election or a contract is annulled, it is declared invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• contravene — To contravene a law or rule means to do something that is forbidden by the law or rule.
• buck — A buck is a US or Australian dollar.
• cross — If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
• frustrate — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.