revocation

revoke | American Dictionary

revoke
verb[ T ]
us/rɪˈvoʊk/
to say officially that an agreement, permission, or law is no longer effective:
Licenses can be revoked for up to five years.

revoke | Business English

revoke
verb[ T ]
uk /rɪˈvəʊk/us
LAW
to state officially that an agreement, right, or legal document is no longer effective:
The Commission may revoke the registration of anyone convicted of a felony in the past 10 years.
revoke a licence/permit/visa
revoke a ruling/order/decision

Examples of revoke

revoke
The amendment did not revoke that invitation, but did seem to limit the power of the courts to punish persons who violated the injunctions.
The junta, however, would not revoke their demands.
Revenue accounts with the different landed proprietors were adjusted and leases confirmed or revoked.
This seems clear in many land cases - whereby the promisee relies on the promise only to find out that later on the promise is revoked.
Not least, the vocal cadence with its leading-tone and clear unconstrained dominant momentarily revokes the tyranny of the pedal.
The last of the leases permiting grazing of livestock in that area was revoked in 1972.
The courts, however, ruled that the tax subsidies that had been legally mandated were an ' acquired right ' that the government could not revoke.
Even here, possibilities to revoke decisions and an arbitrary order of steps are called for, as well as change propagation, decomposition and reuse.
However, this argument ignores the fact that husbands had the right to revoke their wives' authority to pledge their credit.
Both of these agreements may be revoked at any time.
They were often unjustifiably revoked, especially for the employed.
Consent can be revoked very easily in general research.
Reactions can range from simply talking about the incident or giving warnings for the future, to revoking privileges that are very important to the person.
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