revocation

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/ˌɹɛvəˈkeɪʃən/

noun

An act or instance of revoking.

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abolitionannulmentnullificationabrogationcancellationdeauthenticationdevalidationinvalidation
OriginMiddle English revocacioun ← Old French revocacion ← Latin revocationem →
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Meanings

nounrevocation (countable and uncountable, plural revocations)

plural revocations

  1. countableuncountableAn act or instance of revoking.
    1 more example

    […] Due to the safety issues identified, ORR has revoked WCRCL's Exemption Certificate.[…] WCR-operated charter trains are unaffected by the revocation, which RAIL understands nominally runs until November, immediately after the 'Jacobite' season is due to end on October 27. The 'Jacobite' is treated separately because it is a timetabled service rather than a charter.

    2023 August 9, Nick Brodrick, “'Jacobite' services halted over "safety failures"”, in RAIL, number 989, page 14

    Synonyms: abolition, annulment, nullification, abolition, abrogation, annulment, cancellation, deauthentication

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn act or instance of revoking.

Similar
abolitionannulmentnullificationabolitionabrogationannulmentcancellationdeauthenticationdevalidationinvalidationnullificationrenunciationterminationvitiation

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe state of being cancelled or annulled

Similar
annulment
Broader
state
Also see
abolitionabrogationannulmentcancellationdeauthenticationdevalidationinvalidationnullificationvacationvitiation

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinrevocationem
  2. Old Frenchrevocacion
  3. Middle Englishrevocacioun
  4. Englishrevocation

From Middle English revocacioun, revocation, from Old French revocacion, from Latin revocationem (accusative of revocatio); equivalent to revoke + -ation.

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Translations

Bulgarian отмяна, анулиране
  • отмяна (otmjana)action of revoking
  • анулиране (anulirane)action of revoking
Catalan revocació
  • revocacióaction of revoking
Chinese Mandarin 撤销
  • 撤销 (chèxiāo)action of revoking
French révocation
  • révocationaction of revoking
German Widerruf
  • Widerrufaction of revoking
Greek ανάκληση
  • ανάκληση (anáklisi)action of revoking
Hungarian visszavonás
  • visszavonásaction of revoking
Irish cúlghairm
  • cúlghairmaction of revoking
Japanese 撤回
  • 撤回 (tekkai)action of revoking
Latin revocātiō
  • revocātiōaction of revoking
Romanian revocare
  • revocareaction of revoking
Spanish caducidad
  • caducidadaction of revoking
Swedish ångerrätt
  • ångerrättaction of revoking
Ukrainian відкли́кання
  • відкли́кання (vidklýkannja)action of revoking

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

vocationeroveraction
Cite this entry
APA

revocation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revocation

MLA

“revocation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revocation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “revocation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revocation.

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