Revocation synonyms
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The refusal, especially by public authorities, to acknowledge a contract or debt.
A legal (notably judicial) declaration that a marriage is invalid; the procedure leading to it.
The definition of a repeal is the act of taking something back.
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A remedy by which a court calls in, annuls, and retains possession of a void or rescinded written legal document because it may cause unnecessary litigation or make a person’s title to property unclear.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.
retraction (related)
The act of retracting or the state of being retracted.
The right to employ this procedure.
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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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.
law (related)
An impromptu or extralegal system of justice substituted for established judicial procedure:
discontinuance (related)
revoke (related)
lawfulness (related)
disqualification (related)
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invalidation (related)
forfeiture (related)
termination (related)
re-registration (related)
Find another word for revocation. In this page you can discover 18 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for revocation, like: repudiation, annulment, repeal, cancellation, retraction, recall, rescission, reversal, continue, law and discontinuance.