to decide that a planned event, arrangement, or service will not take place
Because of the storm, the airline canceled all evening flights.
The town parade was canceled after the mayor declared a heat emergency.
✦ From Latin ‘cancellāre’ meaning ‘to cross out’.
to stop a computer command or process that is already running or about to run
Press the ESC key to cancel the download if it takes too long.
I accidentally clicked "print" but quickly canceled the job before wasting paper.
(of two equal but opposite things) to remove each other’s effect so that nothing changes
In the equation, the positive and negative terms cancel each other.
The extra income will cancel the recent rise in rent, leaving our budget the same.
