to decertify

Examples

• All

• The U.S. immediately condemned the president, canceled his U.S. visa, and decertified Colombia in its annual evaluation of Bogotás performance in the "War on Drugs."

  Blog text (15)

• Workers from Growling Farms came to you with a petition full of signatures asking for a vote administered by ALRB to decertify the union.

• This year, the final blow: the N.F.L. votes to decertify the Players Organization.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Should the doctor receive a death sentence or be decertified as a medical doctor?

  Academic text (2000)

• The trial judge decertified the class, and that decision is being appealed.

  Academic text (2010)

• Football's players decertified before the owners even locked them out in the spring.

  Blog text (5)

• The NBA's union decertified on Nov. 14, and the basketball season was underway by Christmas Day.

  Blog text (5)

• Some physicians then gathered signatures from more than half of Medalia Northwest doctors, asking that the union be decertified.

  Academic text (2001)

• Fehr was also questioned about whether the union has discussed decertifying in light of the league's recent cancellation of all games through Dec. 14 and the All-Star Game.

  Blog text (5)

• The organization decided to decertify the outdated certification after finding numerous compliance issues.

Synonyms

C

to cancel

vsto decertify

224 1.0

To make a ticket, order, or rule no longer valid

is more specific, targeting loss of official approval or certification rather than any cancellation

R

to revoke

vsto decertify

• Formal

96 6.2

Officially stop something from being valid, for example a license

is narrower, targeting removal of approval or certification rather than general rights

R

to rescind

vsto decertify

• Formal

44 7.9

Officially cancel a law, order, or agreement

applies instead to withdrawing formal approval or certification specifically

I

to invalidate

vsto decertify

• Formal

33 6.1

To make a document or agreement have no legal effect anymore

is more specific to withdrawing an authority's approval or certification

N

to nullify

vsto decertify

• Formal

15 7.2

To make a law or contract have no legal effect

focuses on removing official acceptance or certification rather than general invalidity

V

to vacate

vsto decertify

• Formal

15 6.6

Cancel an official decision so it is no longer in effect

is concerned instead with removing an authority's approval or certification

A

to abrogate

vsto decertify

• Formal

10 8.8

To officially cancel a law, agreement, or right

is narrower, removing a specific approval or certification rather than abolishing laws

A

to annul

vsto decertify

• Formal

6 6.3

Officially say that a law, contract, or marriage is no longer valid

is aimed specifically at taking away an authority's approval or certification

D

to derecognize

vsto decertify

• Formal

1 9.9

To take away official approval for a person, group, or organization

is focused specifically on removing approval or certification by an authority

D

to disannul

vsto decertify

• Formal

9.3

To cancel an earlier decision that said something was not valid so it becomes valid again

is used for withdrawing an official approval or certification specifically

Antonyms

C

to certify

• Formal

192 3.9

To officially say that something meets a required standard

How Recognized

to recognize

• Formal

377 1.4

to certify

• Formal

192 3.9

to revoke

• Formal

96 6.2

to decertify

• Formal

4 7.4

to suspend

141 3.9

to repudiate

• Formal

33 8.2

Surface Forms

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Etymology