civil death vs cancellation

civil death and cancellation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
civil death	Yes	No	No	No
cancellation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cancellation is a hypernym of civil death; that is, cancellation is a word with a broader meaning than civil death:

civil death (noun)	cancellation (noun)
cancellation of civil rights	the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
the legal status of a person who is alive but who has been deprived of the rights and privileges of a citizen or a member of society; the legal status of one sentenced to life imprisonment	the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void