revocation
License taken back
Revocation is the act of officially canceling or withdrawing something previously granted—a license, privilege, permission, or right.
Governments revoke visas; courts revoke parole; companies revoke access.
The word carries legal and administrative weight: revocation of her driver's license, revocation of the treaty.
To revoke is the corresponding verb.
Declared void from start
- rescissionFormal annulment of agreements
- nullificationFormal cancellation of validity
- invalidationAct of nullifying
- voidingNullifying or emptying
abrogation · vacatur · quashing · countermand · disaffirmance · set-aside · vitiation · avoidance
Annul a statute
- abolitionFormal discontinuation of practice
- abrogationAbolition of a law
- rescissionFormal annulment of agreements
- annulmentDeclared void from start
nullification · countermand · supersession · override · reversal · invalidation · undoing · dismantling
Temporary halt or exclusion
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- cancellationVoiding of plans
- terminationAct of ending something
- denialRefusal to accept reality
disqualification · recall · decertification · delicensing · deregistration · forfeiture · rescission · expiration
Act of taking away
- recantationFormal withdrawal of statement
- disavowalRejection of connection
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
- repudiationFormal refusal to accept
abandonment · recall · rescission · disclaimer · abjuration · relinquishment · backtracking · reversal
annulment
Declared void from start
- rescissionFormal annulment of agreements
- nullificationFormal cancellation of validity
- invalidationAct of nullifying
voiding · abrogation · vacatur · quashing · countermand · disaffirmance · set-aside · vitiation · avoidance · defeasance
repeal
Annul a statute
- abolitionFormal discontinuation of practice
- abrogationAbolition of a law
- rescissionFormal annulment of agreements
annulment · nullification · countermand · supersession · override · reversal · invalidation · undoing · dismantling · rollback
suspension
Temporary halt or exclusion
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- cancellationVoiding of plans
- terminationAct of ending something
denial · disqualification · recall · decertification · delicensing · deregistration · forfeiture · rescission · expiration · nonrenewal
withdrawal
Act of taking away
- recantationFormal withdrawal of statement
- disavowalRejection of connection
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
repudiation · abandonment · recall · rescission · disclaimer · abjuration · relinquishment · backtracking · reversal · unsaying
- bureaucracybureaucracy, bureaucrat, bureaucrats, red tape, civil service
- cancellationsflight cancellation, trip cancellation, contract cancellation, calling off, annulment
- government actionslaws, policies, presidential decree, resolution, mandates
- membershipmember, active member, joining, associate member, dues
- permits and licenseslicenses, driver's license, business license, liquor license, fishing license
- undoundo, undo button, backtrack, revert, reverse
revocationgrant
Bestow or award money
granting · issuance · conferral · bestowal · authorization
revocationinitiation
Formal admission ceremony
commencement · activation · establishment · enactment · beginning
revocationconfirmation
Establishing something as true
affirmation · ratification · validation · continuation · endorsement
- license revocationFormal withdrawal of permission