revocation (noun)

  • 21abolition — noun the abolition of slavery did not guarantee equality Syn: scrapping, ending, termination, eradication, elimination, extermination, abolishment, destruction, annihilation, obliteration, extirpation; annulment, cancellation, invalidation,… …

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  • 22abrogation — noun, formal such a defense system would require amendment or abrogation of the 1972 antiballistic missile treaty Syn: repeal, revocation, repudiation, rescinding, overturning, annulment, overruling, cancellation, invalidation, nullification,… …

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  • 23negation — noun 1) negation of the findings Syn: denial, contradiction, repudiation, refutation, rebuttal; nullification, cancellation, revocation, repeal, retraction; formal abrogation 2) evil is not just the negation of goodness Syn …

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  • 24remission — noun 1) the remission of all fees Syn: cancellation, setting aside, suspension, revocation; formal abrogation 2) the cancer is in remission Syn: respite, abeyance 3) the wind howled without remission Syn …

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  • 25reversal — noun 1) there was no reversal on this issue Syn: turnaround, turnabout, about face, volte face, change of heart, U turn, one eighty, 180, backtracking; rare tergiversation 2) a reversal of roles Syn: swap, ex …

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  • 26abrogation — noun the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation • Syn: ↑repeal, ↑annulment • Derivationally related forms: ↑annul (for: ↑annulment), ↑repeal (for: ↑ …

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  • 27derogatory clause — noun : a clause in a legal document (as a will) making any future altering or canceling document invalid except upon the recital of the clause word for word and its formal revocation …

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  • 28revokement — noun ( s) obsolete : revocation …

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  • 29discharge — dis·charge 1 /dis chärj, dis ˌchärj/ vt 1: to release from an obligation: as a: to relieve of a duty under an instrument (as a contract or a negotiable instrument); also: to render (an instrument) no longer enforceable a formal instrument...may… …

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  • 30France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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