delicense
Strip official authorization
To delicense is to revoke or remove a license, whether professional, commercial, or governmental.
A doctor may be delicensed for malpractice; a business delicensed for regulatory violations.
The term appears most often in contexts of professional misconduct or policy decisions to deregulate: The state delicensed several cosmetology schools that failed inspections.
Officially cancel authorization
- revocationOfficial cancellation of privilege
- suspendHalt or hang temporarily
- cancelRevoke or terminate
- withdrawRemove or pull away
rescind · annul · invalidate · nullify · terminate · retract · void · repeal
Official restriction on something
embargo · interdict · block · halt · stop · restrict · suppress · proscribe
Official quality approval
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- regulatoryInvolving official oversight
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
compliance · audit · inspection · permitting · governance · adjudication · sanction · rulemaking
Removing governmental business restrictions
- liberalizationReducing state economic controls
- privatizationState sells public assets
- decontrolRemove official restrictions
- reformImprove by correcting faults
streamlining · bureaucracy · relaxation · loosening · free-market · laissez-faire
revoke
Officially cancel authorization
- revocationOfficial cancellation of privilege
- suspendHalt or hang temporarily
- cancelRevoke or terminate
withdraw · rescind · annul · invalidate · nullify · terminate · retract · void · repeal · disqualify
ban
Official restriction on something
bar · embargo · interdict · block · halt · stop · restrict · suppress · proscribe · outlaw
accreditation
Official quality approval
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- regulatoryInvolving official oversight
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
oversight · compliance · audit · inspection · permitting · governance · adjudication · sanction · rulemaking · standards
deregulation
Removing governmental business restrictions
- liberalizationReducing state economic controls
- privatizationState sells public assets
- decontrolRemove official restrictions
reform · streamlining · bureaucracy · relaxation · loosening · free-market · laissez-faire
delicenselicense
Formal grant of permission
certify · accredit · credential · authorize · permit
delicensederegulate
Remove official controls
liberalize · sanction · legitimize · recognize · enfranchise
delicenselicense
Formal grant of permission
reinstate · reauthorize · renew · recertify · reaccredit