English → Latin
“cancel” in Latin
indūcōto lead, bring or conduct in or into somewhere; to bring forward, exhibit, represent; to bring into or before a courtabrogōto abolish, abrogate, annul (all parts); recall; to take away, deprive (of)dēleōto destroy, raze, annihilate; to finish, terminate, put an end to; to delete (e.g. Ecclesiastical: from the book of liferescindōto cut off, cut or break down or back, cut or tear open or loose; to annul, abolish, abrogate, cancel, revoke, repeal, rLycūrgusThe name of several kings of Ancient Greece; A famous lawgiver of Sparta; An orator from Athens
The English word cancel itself goes back to Latin cancer, through cancellō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cancel
inducere (strike out; resolution, decree, etc.): abrogare; delere, rescindere [SYN. in ANNUL]: to cancel the laws and customs of Lycurgus, Lycurgi leges moresque abrogare (Liv.): omnea leges una rogatione delere, Cic.: a will, testamentum rescindere, Quint. A man’s decrees, decreta rescindere, Suet.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cancel?
- The usual Latin words for “cancel” are indūcō, abrogō, dēleō; also rescindō, Lycūrgus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.