REVOCATION Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

revocation

noun

ˌre-və-ˈkā-shən

Definition of revocation

as in cancellation

the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to threatened the revocation of his son's driving privileges

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Recent Examples of revocation Thursday marked the first deportation flight to Haiti from the US since the revocation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which had protected about 350,000 Haitians in the US from deportation and given them legal work permits. — Etant Dupain, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026 The memory contents would persist across password changes, session revocations, and device re-enrollments. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026 The lawsuit goes through a narrative of Donald Trump‘s attacks on the network, including his calls for the revocation of FCC licenses. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026 The city has initiated revocation of the permit associated with cameras installed within the public right-of-way in the Shadow Lakes neighborhood, acting City Manager Terrance Davis told this news organization. — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for revocation

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In the wake of the attacks, Strahan was one of the players who pushed for the cancellation of that weekend's football games out of respect for those lost.

— Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026
But there’s also an active noise cancellation system that uses the new, very thin membrane speakers that JLR developed together with Warwick Audio that are mounted in the seat headrests.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of cancellation

Noun

The note appears twice in handwriting and is typed again on the final report of well abandonment.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
For Smotkin, the water crisis reflects the island’s history of structural neglect and systemic abandonment by both local and federal authorities.

— Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of abandonment

Noun

At that time, his eldest daughter, Maria Adelaide, ascended to the throne—a succession made possible by the abolition of the Salic Law, which had restricted the line of succession to males only.

— Giorgia Olivieri, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
Long after the abolition of slavery, many white southerners, including my father, who was born into the first breaths of the civil-rights movement, were still raised by Black nannies.

— Annie Joy Williams, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026

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