derecognizes

Strips official status

Derecognizes means to withdraw official recognition from something previously acknowledged.

Governments derecognize diplomatic status; sports bodies derecognize records found to be tainted; accounting standards require companies to derecognize assets they no longer control.

The federation voted to derecognize the breakaway region.

legal

revocation

Official cancellation of privilege

cancellation · rescission · repeal · abrogation · nullification · quashing · dissolution · decertification · delisting · termination

disavowal

repudiate

Reject as having no authority

retract · deny · disaffirm · reject · refute · disacknowledge · abjure · recant · forswear · rebuff

diplomatic

expulsion

Forced permanent removal

disengagement · withdrawal · freeze · suspension · estrangement · isolation · delegitimization · excommunication · ostracism · banishment

institutional

decertification

Revoking official recognition

Opposites
official acknowledgment status

derecognizesrecognizes

Perceives as known

acknowledges · accredits · legitimizes · certifies · validates

approval and endorsement

derecognizesapproves

Formally accepts or endorses

endorses · affirms · supports · champions · backs

Family

derecognize, derecognized

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