voidable

UK: /ˈvɔɪdəb^əl/ US: (voi′də bəl)

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void•a•ble  (voi′də bəl), adj. 

1. capable of being nullified or invalidated.
2. Law capable of being made or adjudged void.

• void + -able 1475–85

void′a•ble•ness, n. 

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voidable / ˈvɔɪdəb^əl/ adjective

1. capable of being voided
2. capable of being made of no legal effect or made void

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void /vɔɪd/   adj. 

1. Law having no legal force or effect:
   This law has been declared null and void.
2. empty;
   lacking:
   [be + ~ + of] He felt his life was void of meaning.
3. Government (of a political office) vacant.
4. Games (in cards) having no cards in a suit.

n. [countable]

5. empty space;
   emptiness:
   disappeared into the void.
6. a state or feeling of loss:
   His death left a great void in her life.
7. Games (in cards) lack of cards in a suit:
   a void in clubs.

v. 

8. to make invalid;
   nullify:
   [~ + object] to void a check.
9. to empty the bowels or urinate: [~ + object]
   to void the bowels.
   [no object]
   having trouble voiding.

void•a•ble, adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

void (void),  adj. 

1. Law having no legal force or effect;
   not legally binding or enforceable.
2. useless;
   ineffectual;
   vain.
3. devoid;
   destitute (usually fol. by of ):
   a life void of meaning.
4. without contents;
   empty.
5. Government without an incumbent, as an office.
6. Mathematics (of a set) empty.
7. Games (in cards) having no cards in a suit.

n. 

8. an empty space;
   emptiness:
   He disappeared into the void.
9. something experienced as a loss or privation:
   His death left a great void in her life.
10. a gap or opening, as in a wall.
11. a vacancy;
    vacuum.
12. Printing [Typography.] counter³ (def. 10).
13. Games (in cards) lack of cards in a suit:
    a void in clubs.

v.t. 

14. to make ineffectual;
    invalidate;
    nullify:
    to void a check.
15. to empty;
    discharge;
    evacuate:
    to void excrement.
16. to clear or empty (often fol. by of ):
    to void a chamber of occupants.
17. [Archaic.] to depart from;
    vacate.

v.i. 

18. to defecate or urinate.

• Vulgar Latin *vocītāre, derivative of *vocītus; (noun, nominal) derivative of the adjective, adjectival
• Anglo-French voider, Old French
• Vulgar Latin *vocīta, feminine of *vocītus, dissimilated variant of Latin vocīvus, itself variant of vac(ī)vus empty; see vacuum; (verb, verbal) Middle English voiden
• Anglo-French, Old French
• (adjective, adjectival) Middle English voide 1250–1300

void′ness, n. 
Synonyms

• 3, 4. See empty. 
• 5. vacant, unoccupied.
• 8. vacuum.