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To bring to an end the effect or existence of; cancel out:
(Law) To adjudicate (a cause of action) as insufficient to proceed further in court because of some deficiency in law or fact.
To cause to leave or return:
To blot out, deface, mark off, perforate, destroy, or otherwise physically alter a writing to render it void.
To ask or order to return:
A retreat or retirement:
The act or condition of negating the existence of a law, performed by individuals acting in a public capacity (for example, a jury) or by one level of government opposing the laws of another.
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To do away with; put an end to; annul:
vitiation
A reduction in the value, or an impairment in the quality of something
To draw back:
To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or her or his successor; to repeal; — applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc. [First attested in the early 16th century.]
To leave; vacate.
To erase, delete, or strike out:
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To give up (opinions) publicly; recant
approve (antonym)
The definition of approve is to say you like something or you are alright with it happening.
Any action in opposition to a previous action.
To make ineffective (a contract or legal stipulation, for example); invalidate.
waive (related)
revocation (related)
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amend (related)
The act of abrogating; a repeal by authority; abolition. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
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.
To repeal is defined as to formally withdraw, or to take something back.
To make void; repeal or annul.
To make invalid; deprive of legal force
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To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.
To remove is to take something away, eliminate something or take something off.
To remove recorded material from (a magnetic tape or disk, for example):
(Medicine) To remove completely (a body organ or part), as by surgery, disease, or radiation.
To suppress a legal document, particularly a subpoena, for reasons based on defect in manner of service or for other procedural or substantive reasons that invalidate the document; to void or terminate; to vacate a judicial decision.
(Law) To make void or annul (an erroneous lower court decision):
To refuse to own or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
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To refuse to accept as true or right; reject as unfounded, unreal, etc.
To recall a person or unit with such an order.
counterorder
To recant is to publicly take back something you said or to state that you no longer believe something in which you once believed.
endorse (antonym)
To make (a check, etc.) payable to another person by thus signing one's name and specifying the payee
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ratify. See syn. study at abolish.abolish (antonym)
Check means to test, examine, compare or inspect something to see if it is as it should be.
To perform cosmetic surgery on (the face, for example), especially in order to remove wrinkles or sagging skin.
(Intransitive) In a card game, to break one's commitment to follow suit when capable.
To restrain is defined as to hold back or keep under control.
enact (antonym)
To make (a bill, etc.) into a law; pass (a law); decree; ordain
introduce (antonym)
To make (something or someone) known by formal announcement or recommendation.
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enforce (antonym)
To enforce is described as to compel someone to abide by a rule, law or order.
authorize (antonym)
To authorize is defined as to empower someone or to give the approval for something.
law (related)
(Informal, Dial.) To take legal action (against)
make (related)
To arrange or agree to:
To ransack:
suspend (related)
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expire (related)
Renounce is defined as to give up a claim, belief, a practice or to refuse further association with someone.
To refuse to acknowledge or pay (a debt or obligation)
declare null and void
(Obs.) To interpret; explain
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recision
A rescinding or annulling
Find another word for revoke. In this page you can discover 64 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for revoke, like: annul, dismiss, withdraw, cancel, recall, withdrawal, nullification, abolish, vitiation, retract and abrogate.
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