Revocation synonyms

rĕv'ə-kā'shən

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repudiation
The refusal, especially by public authorities, to acknowledge a contract or debt.
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retraction (related)
The act of retracting or the state of being retracted.
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rescission
The termination of a contract unilaterally by a party for substantive legal reasons, such as the failure of the other party to perform its obligations; or, the mutual termination of a contract, with the result that both parties are restored to the status quo ante (see also rescind); a remedy that one may seek in a court of equity that results in a termination of the contract as though it had never existed.
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repeal
The definition of a repeal is the act of taking something back.
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cancellation (related)
A remedy by which a court calls in, annuls, and retains possession of a void or rescinded written legal document because it may cause unnecessary litigation or make a person’s title to property unclear. For example, a court may call in, annul, and retain possession of a void deed to real estate that a party used to falsely claim title to someone else’s real property, in order to prevent any such claims in the future.
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recall
The right to employ this procedure.
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reversal
The setting aside or overturning of a lower court’s decision by an appellate court; a turning around of the short-term market price trend of a security, either from downward to upward, or the other way around.
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continue (related)
(Video games) an option allowing a player to resume a saved game.
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law (related)
An impromptu or extralegal system of justice substituted for established judicial procedure:
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annulment
A legal (notably judicial) declaration that a marriage is invalid; the procedure leading to it.
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discontinuance (related)
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revoke (related)
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lawfulness (related)
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disqualification (related)
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invalidation (related)
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forfeiture (related)
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termination (related)
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re-registration (related)
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Revocation Sentence Examples

  • His advocacy of anti-slavery principles, then frowned upon by the Methodist authorities, aroused opposition, and eventually resulted in his trial for heresy and the revocation of his licence.

  • From his ascetic standpoint the revocation of the edict could only pander to drunkenness and immorality.

  • During the - latter part of the century its monarchs were en- of gaged in a bloody struggle with a powerful religious political party, the Huguenots, who finally won a toleration which they continued to enjoy until the revocation of the edict of Nantes in 1685.

  • When he dismissed the estates, the speech from the throne held out no prospect of their speedy revocation.

  • After the revocation of the edict of Nantes in 1685 it opened its gates to numerous French refugees; but this hardly compensated it for its losses during the war.

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