to revoke
96
6.2
- verb
- /rɪˈvoʊk/
- Formal
:
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- By the time the governor revoked the authority of the court in 1693, the damage was done.
- revoke a license
- revoke a visa
- revoke citizenship
Well, are you going to work to revoke this policy or aren't you?
- Well, are you going to work to revoke this policy or aren't you?
- So does that mean that you revoked Bryce's royal status?
- And we don't think that the First Amendment prevents the FCC from revoking a broadcast license.
- So this is creating a new state for Bob, but it's revoking the old state for Alice.
- And now any RVIA certification has been revoked.
- He said yeah, Went checked on him, found all the needles, revoked his probation, took him into his office.
- I mean, everything they said initially by revoking that invitation, what does that mean now?
- I think it would not be Fox News whose license would be revoked or whose voices would be suppressed.
- So, I mean, could you give me a bit of background on why and how you ended up having your visa revoked and unable to work?
- The unions, of course, hated it because of DC special status, it was sort of easy to authorize and then revoke this funding, among other things.
- Unless that mechanism, that rule, that clause that was bought in when they floated the club on the Stock Exchange is either revoked or changed.
- A week later, judge rules they revoke the bond improperly.
- Yeah, you should revoke their their newsletter licenses.
Examples
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In June, his license to practice was revoked by the North Carolina State Bar.
Academic text (2008) -
At worst, the government might revoke my tourist visa, which already prohibited me from working in the country.
Academic text (2011) -
Yesterday, we signed a petition asking to revoke this law.
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Despite that rhetoric, they did not revoke their support for the Union cause.
Academic text (1999) -
Well, are you going to work to revoke this policy or aren't you?
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Your license to drive was revoked 3 months ago following a D.U.I. Charge.
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Thus, on May 16, 2006, her Dutch citizenship was revoked and she resigned from Parliament.
Academic text (2008) -
A mayoral candidate ran on a one-issue promise to revoke the inconvenient law.
Fiction book (1990) -
And recently our governor has stepped into the university level, revoking DEI protections.
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The board of directors voted to revoke her membership due to inactivity.
Synonyms
255
4.2
To officially end a rule or restriction
224
1.0
To make a ticket, order, or rule no longer valid
159
3.5
To take money or things out of a place where they are kept
143
4.3
To cancel a law or rule so it no longer applies
122
5.6
Officially cancel a decision or law
112
4.1
To officially end a law, system, or practice
109
4.9
To officially cancel a previous decision, especially by a court
102
2.6
Cancel the effect of an action or decision
50
7.4
Declare a law or rule no longer valid
44
7.9
Officially cancel a law, order, or agreement
33
6.1
To make a document or agreement have no legal effect anymore
15
7.2
To make a law or contract have no legal effect
15
6.6
Cancel an official decision so it is no longer in effect
11
8.1
Officially say a decision or order is not valid
10
8.8
To officially cancel a law, agreement, or right
10
7.6
Cancel a court decision so it is no longer valid
6
9.2
To cancel or reverse an earlier order
6
6.3
Officially say that a law, contract, or marriage is no longer valid
4
7.4
To officially take away approval so officials no longer recognize a school or group
1
9.9
To take away official approval for a person, group, or organization
Antonyms
How Cancelled
- Formal
6
6.3
- Formal
15
7.2
- Formal
96
6.2
814
1.0
141
3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
revoke = re + voke
Although formed from the Latin elements re- + voc- (represented here as 'voke'), 'voke' is not a standalone English word, so learners cannot reliably derive 'cancel' from the parts.
Etymology
Revoke comes from the Latin parts re- 'back' and vocare 'to call', and you can see the same root in words like voice and vocal'; it originally meant to 'call back' or take something back. So, to revoke** something today is to officially 'take back' or cancel it.