revocation (noun)
1revocation — revoke re‧voke [rɪˈvəʊk ǁ ˈvoʊk] verb [transitive] LAW to officially state that a law, official document, agreement etc is no longer effective: • We had no alternative but to revoke the contract. revocable adjective : • Four events are mentioned… …
2revocation — revoke ► VERB ▪ end the validity or operation of (a decree, decision, or promise). DERIVATIVES revocable adjective revocation noun revoker noun. ORIGIN Latin revocare call back …
3revocation — rev·o·ca·tion /ˌre və kā shən/ n: an act or instance of revoking Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. revocation …
4revocation — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin revocation , revocatio, from revocare Date: 15th century an act or instance of revoking …
5revocation — (n.) early 15c., from L. revocationem (nom. revocatio) a calling back, recalling, noun of action from revocare (see REVOKE (Cf. revoke)) …
6revocation — noun 1. the state of being cancelled or annulled • Syn: ↑annulment • Hypernyms: ↑state 2. the act (by someone having the authority) of annulling something previously done the revocation of a law • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
7revocation — noun An act or instance of revoking …
8revocation — noun (C, U) the act of revoking a law, decision etc …
9revocation — /ˌrevəυ keɪʃ(ə)n/ noun an action of cancelling something which has previously been agreed ● the revocation of the bank’s licence by the central bank …
10revocation — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. annulment, repeal, repudiation; see cancellation , retraction . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The act of reversing or annulling: recall, repeal, rescission, reversal. See CONTINUE, LAW …
