Antonyms 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.

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

   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

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1. revoke

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

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

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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. revokeverb

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

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1. enact

   authorize, legislate

   we authorize your accompanying the president.

   Submitted by JP03 on December 21, 2014  

How to use revoke in a sentence?

1. United States:

   ( The sanctions) have severely violated the basic norms of international relations and damaged the relations between the two countries and two militaries, we strongly urge the United States side to correct the mistakes immediately and revoke the so-called sanctions. Otherwise The US has to bear the consequences of The US.

2. Education Minister Naftali Bennett:

   Terrorists will not be teachers in Israel ... I have ordered the director general of the Education Ministry to revoke the teaching licenses of all those involved and to sack them immediately.

3. President Trump:

   Last week, a very dumb Democrat candidate for president -- thats the end of him in this state -- pledged to revoke the tax-exempt status of many churches and religious charities, and by the way, that was after, a few weeks ago, he said, Excuse me, were gon na take your guns away.

4. Dan Weiller:

   You can lose your E-Z Pass privileges if you speed through E-Z Pass lanes, you get a couple of warnings. We don't have the power to give a ticket, but we do have to power to revoke your E-Z Pass, which we will.

5. Socialist Party:

   The logical, sane and democratic step is for the National Assembly's leadership to revoke the swearing-in of these lawmakers.

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