nullify implies counteracting completely the force, effectiveness, or value of something.
a penalty nullified the touchdown
negate implies the destruction or canceling out of each of two things by the other.
the arguments negate each other
annul suggests making ineffective or nonexistent often by legal or official action.
the treaty annuls all previous agreements
abrogate is like annul but more definitely implies a legal or official act.
a law to abrogate trading privileges
invalidate implies making something powerless or unacceptable by declaration of its logical or moral or legal unsoundness.
the court invalidated the statute
Example Sentences
The fact that she lied about her work experience negated the contract. a verb that is negated by “not”
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Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Latin negātus, past participle of negāre "to say (with the negative of a conjoined clause), deny, withhold, say no," delocutive derivative of nec "no, not" — more at neglect entry 1