revocation (noun)

  • 31ademption — ademp·tion /ə demp shən/ n [Latin ademptio, from adimere to take away, from ad to + emere to buy, obtain] 1: the revocation of a gift in a will inferred from the disposal (as by sale) of the property by the maker of the will before he or she dies …

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  • 32countermand — I noun abolishment, abolition, abrogation, annulment, ban, cancellation, counterorder, defeasance, disallowance, invalidation, nullification, prohibition, recall, recantation, repeal, repudiation, rescindment, rescission, retraction, reversal,… …

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  • 33repeal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. revoke, recall, annul, nullify, vacate, abrogate. See nullification. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. abrogation, annulment, cancellation, revocation, reversal, withdrawal, abolition; see also cancellation …

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  • 34revoke — UK [rɪˈvəʊk] / US [rɪˈvoʊk] verb [transitive] Word forms revoke : present tense I/you/we/they revoke he/she/it revokes present participle revoking past tense revoked past participle revoked to officially say that something is no longer legal, for …

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  • 35parole — pa·role /pə rōl/ n [Old French, speech, word, prisoner s word of honor to fulfill stated conditions, from Late Latin parabola speech, parable, from Greek parabolē comparison]: a conditional release of a prisoner who has served part of a sentence… …

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  • 36re|vok´er — re|voke «rih VOHK», verb, voked, vok|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to take back; repeal; cancel; withdraw: »to revoke a driver s license. The king revoked his decree. 2. Obsolete. to call back. –v.i. to fail to follow suit in playing …

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  • 37re|voke — «rih VOHK», verb, voked, vok|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to take back; repeal; cancel; withdraw: »to revoke a driver s license. The king revoked his decree. 2. Obsolete. to call back. –v.i. to fail to follow suit in playing …

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  • 38Software engineering professionalism — For many years, software engineering has been trying to be a profession.This was hampered by the common perception that it is merely the application of computer science. The goal of making software engineering into its own profession spurred a… …

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  • 39Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …

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  • 40annulment — an·nul·ment /ə nəl mənt/ n 1: the act of annulling: the state of being annulled 2: a declaration by a court that a marriage is invalid compare divorce Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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