To mark somebody as an official ruler, especially a king or queen, as a part of a religious ceremony.
To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
To choose or nominate somebody for a leading or otherwise important position, especially formally or officially, or as an intended successor.
To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.
To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.
To cross out something with lines etc.
To offset or equalize something.
To kill.
To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable). Compare cancel culture.
To invalidate or annul something.
To stop production of a programme.
A cancellation (US); (nonstandard in some kinds of English).
The page thus suppressed.
A control message posted to Usenet that serves to cancel a previously posted message.
The page that replaces it.
The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.