revocation

UK/ˌɹɛvəˈkeɪʃən/US/ˌɹɛvəˈkeɪʃən/

nounC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,838 of 15,258mostly written

Other forms: revocations

A revocation is the withdrawing of a right or a licence. Revocation of a licence, subject to revocation, the revocation of the edict.

It is the formal noun beside revoke and belongs to law and administration. What is revoked was granted in the first place, which is what separates it from a refusal.

Definitions of revocation

1nounrevocationThe withdrawing of a right or a licence.C1
“A second offence brings automatic revocation of the licence.”

revocation is a withdrawal.

Where it comes from

Latin revocatio comes from revocare, to call back, from re plus vocare, to call.

Latin
revocationem
Old French
revocacion
Middle English
revocacioun
English, today
revocation

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

revocation in the wild

The Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) is an Internet protocol used for obtaining the revocation status of an X.509 digital certificate.
Online Certificate Status Protocol
License suspension or revocation traditionally follows conviction for alcohol-impaired or drunk driving.
Administrative License Suspension
A temporary revocation of a grant or privilege is called a suspension.
Revocation
Among the Indian government actions accompanying the revocation was the cutting off of communication lines in the Kashmir Valley which was restored after 5 months.
Revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

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