# Cancellation

> A technique for letting a caller stop work it no longer needs, releasing the resources that work holds.

Record: `lexicon:cancellation`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-cancellation

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Deadline Propagation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/deadline-propagation.md) and before [Load Shedding](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/load-shedding.md).

## Category

- [Error Handling / Resilience](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/error-handling-resilience.md)

## Refactors

- [Timeout Omission](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/timeout-omission.md)

## Linked from

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-anti-patterns.md)