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(from the Lat. cancelli, a plural diminutive of cancer, a grating or lattice, from which are also derived "chancel" and "chancellor"), a word meaning to cross out, from the crossed latticed lines drawn across a legal document to annul it, hence to delete or destroy.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Cancel'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​c/cancel.html. 1910.
 
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