voiding

English

Verb

voiding

1. present participle and gerund of void

Noun

voiding (plural voidings)

1. An act by which something is voided, such as urination.
   • 1649, Joseph Hall, Resolutions and Decisions of Divers Practicall cases of Conscience:

     the annulling or voiding of marriages, made unlawfully

2. That which is voided; that which is ejected or evacuated; a remnant; a fragment.
   • 1714, Nicholas Rowe, The Tragedy of Jane Shore:

     Oh! bestow
     Some poor Remain, the voiding of thy Table,
     A Morsel to support my famish'd soul

Derived terms

• voiding cystourethrography
• voiding knife