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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How to use revoke in a sentence?

1. Lynn Lunsford:

   Pilots have two certificates, a medical certificate and an airman certificate. In cases such as that, we typically take separate action to revoke their certificates, after revocation, pilots must wait at least one year to reapply and must start over from the beginning, first earning a private certificate, then an instrument rating and so on.

2. Illinois State Police:

   These modifications to administrative law will immediately give the ISP the legal authority to consider more evidence when determining whether to issue or revoke a FOID card and will strengthen the ISP’s ability to keep firearms out of the hands of dangerous individuals.

3. Di Maio:

   It's no fun to revoke the concession but ... the government could not keep silent.

4. 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.

5. Marco Rubio:

   I don't think we can immediately revoke that, it cannot be the permanent policy of the United States, but I'm not calling for it to be revoked tomorrow, or this week or right away.