Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nullification

2 senses of nullification

Sense 1
nullification -- (the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress)
       => states' rights -- (a doctrine that federal powers should be curtailed and returned to the individual states)

Sense 2
nullification, override -- (the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something)
       => change of state -- (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)