Synonyms for revoke
rɪˈvoʊkre·voke

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1. revoke

   Abolish, to do away with, bring absolutely to an end, especially as something hostile, hindering, or harmful, was formerly used of persons and material objects, a usage now obsolete except in poetry or highly figurative speech. Abolish is now used of institutions, customs, and conditions, especially those wide-spread and long existing; as, to abolish slavery, ignorance, intemperance, poverty. A building that is burned to the ground is said to be destroyed by fire. Annihilate, as a philosophical term, signifies to put absolutely out of existence. As far as our knowledge goes, matter is never annihilated, but only changes its form. Some believe that the wicked will be annihilated. Abolish is not said of laws. There we use repeal, abrogate, nullify, etc.: repeal by the enacting body, nullify by revolutionary proceedings; a later statute abrogates, without formally repealing, any earlier law with which it conflicts. An appellate court may reverse or set aside the decision of an inferior court. Overthrow may be used in either a good or a bad sense; suppress is commonly in a good, subvert always in a bad sense; as, to subvert our liberties; to suppress a rebellion. The law prohibits what may never have existed; it abolishes an existing evil. We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy. Compare CANCEL; DEMOLISH; EXTERMINATE.

   Synonyms:
   abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, destroy, end, end, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, nullify, obliterate, overthrow, prohibit, remove, repeal, reverse, set aside, stamp out, subvert, supplant, suppress, terminate

   Antonyms:
   authorize, cherish, confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, introduce, legalize, promote, reinstate, renew, repair, restore, revive, set up, support, sustain

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1. revoke

   Synonyms:
   recal, withdraw, cancel, annul, rescind, repeal, declare void

   Antonyms:
   sanction, enact, perpetuate, enforce, reiterate, renew

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1. revoke, renegeverb

   the mistake of not following suit when able to do so

   Synonyms:
   renege

2. revokeverb

   fail to follow suit when able and required to do so

   Synonyms:
   countermand, rescind, repeal, reverse, vacate, overturn, lift, annul

3. revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacateverb

   cancel officially

   "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"

   Synonyms:
   nullify, cabbage, revolutionise, hook, bring down, rise, wind, avoid, quash, hoist, annul, elevate, uprise, resign, empty, abandon, overrule, lift, turn over, nobble, go up, pinch, overthrow, plagiarize, arise, invert, abstract, rescind, bowl over, come up, turn back, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, change by reversal, give up, purloin, snarf, subvert, overturn, repeal, invalidate, override, raise, revolutionize, renounce, sneak, tip over, get up, upset, move up, swipe, reverse, airlift, rear, tump over, turn, face-lift, knock over, vacate, rustle, void, countermand

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1. revocate

   Submitted by anonymous on December 16, 2020  

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1. revokeverb

   Synonyms:
   recall (what has been said), recant, retract, REPEAL, reverse, annul, cancel, rescind, countermand, abrogate, abolish, discard, quash, set aside, do away, make void

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1. revokeverb

   Synonyms:
   repeal, reverse, recant, rescind, abrogate, countermand, retract, abjure

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1. List of paraphrases for "revoke":

   repeal, revoking, cancel, rescind, withdraw, revocation, annul, dismiss, overturn, abrogate, remove, reverse, terminate, abolish, overrule

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1. Zhao Lijian:

   This is a typical hegemonic action. China strongly deplores and firmly opposes it, china urges the United States to immediately correct its mistakes, revoke the relevant sanctions and stop suppressing Chinese enterprises and smearing China.

2. Tanya Espinosa:

   The Administrative Law Judge can assess a monetary penalty as well as determine whether it is appropriate to suspend or revoke the license.

3. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

   Yesterday, an Israeli citizen crossed our borders in order to join enemy groups in Syria. We will work to revoke his citizenship. Whoever joins enemy groups in order to fight against us will not be an Israeli citizen.

4. Tim Mackey:

   The [ SSN ] system was never designed around' I need to revoke mine and introduce a new one,' one of the first attributes [ to a new system ] would be that we have some sort of method to revoke or replace that digital identifier.

5. Leora Bechor:

   There was no justification to deny her [ entry at the airport ] when they could have made their decision at the time her student visa was to be issued, someone with a visa in hand places their faith in the government's decision, so if the government plans to revoke a visa it has already issued, it must be held accountable.