Cancel
Cancel verb - To show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it.
Usage example: canceled the check and wrote a new one
Edit
Edit verb - To prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating.
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Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- If you go to edit a page and change your mind, just press "cancel edit."
Source: Administrivia / Tips for Editing - The Ra-Ky FRC: Explanation My brother's MUGEN-made character Ra-Ky is just an edit of Ky with the attacks made cheaper, and he can FRC (Forced Roman Cancel: canceling an attack early, normally in a tight time frame and coming right back into stance) anything at any moment for free.
Source: Tropers / Wax
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Edit and Cancel. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cancel/edit
Cancel & Edit. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cancel/edit>.
Edit or Cancel. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cancel/edit.
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