A cancellation (US); (nonstandard in some kinds of English).
"The party was canceled because most of the guests got sick."
In plain English: A cancel is an official order to stop something from happening or going ahead.
"The cancellation of the flight caused several passengers to miss their connections."
Usage: Cancel is primarily a verb meaning to stop or prevent an event from happening, but it can function as a noun in American English to refer to the act of cancelling itself. However, using "cancel" as a standalone noun is nonstandard in many varieties of English and often sounds awkward compared to alternatives like "cancellation."
declare null and void; make ineffective
"Cancel the election results"
"strike down a law"
To cross out something with lines etc.
"She used a red pen to cancel the old dates on her calendar before writing in the new ones."
In plain English: To cancel something means to stop it from happening or to call off an event.
"I had to cancel my appointment because I came down with the flu."
Usage: In modern everyday usage, to cancel means to call off or prevent an event, appointment, or plan from happening. While it can literally mean to cross something out on paper, the term is most frequently used for terminating scheduled activities or services.
A surname.
"The family decided to rename their business after Mr. Cancel, whose ancestors were famous for their local pottery."
The word "cancel" comes from the Middle English cancellen, which was borrowed from Anglo-Norman to mean crossing something out with lines. This usage evolved from Latin, where it originally described making a surface resemble a lattice or railing.