Void and Reverse

noun

• The state of nonexistence.
  • synonyms: nothingness, nullity, nihility
• An empty area or space.
  • usage: "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum"
  • synonyms: vacancy, emptiness, vacuum

verb

• Declare invalid.
  • usage: "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
  • synonyms: invalidate, annul, quash, avoid, nullify
• Clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle. of something)
  • usage: "The chemist voided the glass bottle"; "The concert hall was voided of the audience"
• Take away the legal force of or render ineffective.
  • usage: "invalidate a contract"
  • synonyms: invalidate, vitiate
• Excrete or discharge from the body.
  • synonyms: evacuate, empty

adjective

• Lacking any legal or binding force.
  • usage: "null and void"
  • synonyms: null
• Containing nothing.
  • usage: "the earth was without form, and void"

• (a.) Having no incumbent; unoccupied; -- said of offices and the like.
• (a.) Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
• (a.) Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification; null. Cf. Voidable, 2.
• (a.) Being without; destitute; free; wanting; devoid; as, void of learning or of common use.
• (n.) An empty space; a vacuum.
• (a.) To render void; to make to be of no validity or effect; to vacate; to annul; to nullify.
• (a.) Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.
• (a.) To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave; as, to void a table.
• (v.i.) To be emitted or evacuated.
• (a.) To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge; as, to void excrements.
• (a.) Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.

Having no legal force or binding effect; a nullity; not enforceable. A' void' agreement is no contract at all. A void contract need not be disaffirmed, nor can it be ratified. A contract for an illegal purpose (for example, gambling) is void. A voidable contract is one that is able to be voided. Voidable implies a valid act that may be rejected by an act of disaffirmance, rather than an invalid act that may be confirmed. For example, if a minor contracts to buy a diamond ring, the contract can be voided by the minor because of lack of sufficient age. If, however, the minor elects to enforce the contract, the contract is valid and the other party cannot assert the minor's lack of age as a defense.

noun

• A relation of direct opposition.
  • usage: "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true"
  • synonyms: contrary, opposite
• The gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed.
  • synonyms: reverse gear
• An unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating.
  • synonyms: reversal, setback, blow, black eye
• The side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design.
  • synonyms: verso
• American football. ( a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction)
• Turning in the opposite direction.
  • synonyms: reversion, reversal, turnabout, turnaround

verb

• Change to the contrary.
  • usage: "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"
  • synonyms: change by reversal, turn
• Turn inside out or upside down.
  • synonyms: turn back, invert
• Rule against.
  • usage: "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"
  • synonyms: overrule, overturn, override, overthrow
• Cancel officially.
  • usage: "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
  • synonyms: revoke, annul, lift, countermand, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate
• Reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of.
  • usage: "when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb"
  • synonyms: invert

adjective

• Directed or moving toward the rear.
  • usage: "a rearward glance"; "a rearward movement"
  • synonyms: rearward
• Of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle.
  • usage: "in reverse gear"
• Reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect.
  • synonyms: inverse

• (a.) Hence, to overthrow; to subvert.
• (a.) That which appears or is presented when anything, as a lance, a line, a course of conduct, etc., is reverted or turned contrary to its natural direction.
• (a.) To turn back; to cause to face in a contrary direction; to cause to depart.
• (a.) The act of reversing; complete change; reversal; hence, total change in circumstances or character; especially, a change from better to worse; misfortune; a check or defeat; as, the enemy met with a reverse.
• (a.) That which is directly opposite or contrary to something else; a contrary; an opposite.
• (a.) The back side; as, the reverse of a drum or trench; the reverse of a medal or coin, that is, the side opposite to the obverse. See Obverse.
• (a.) To overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void; to under or annual for error; as, to reverse a judgment, sentence or decree.
• (a.) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
• (a.) Reversed; as, a reverse shell.
• (v.i.) To return; to revert.
• (a.) To turn upside down; to invert.
• (a.) To cause to return; to recall.
• (v.i.) To become or be reversed.
• (a.) A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
• (a.) Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
• (a.) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
• (a.) Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.

reverse is an informal name for a reverse repurchase agreement.