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Revocation

//ˌɹɛvəˈkeɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An act or instance of revoking. countable, uncountable

    "[…] Due to the safety issues identified, ORR has revoked WCRCL's Exemption Certificate.[…] WCR-operated charter trains are unaffected by the revocation, which RAIL understands nominally runs until November, immediately after the 'Jacobite' season is due to end on October 27. The 'Jacobite' is treated separately because it is a timetabled service rather than a charter."

  2. 2
    the act (by someone having the authority) of annulling something previously done wordnet
  3. 3
    the state of being cancelled or annulled wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English revocacioun, revocation, from Old French revocacion, from Latin revocationem (accusative of revocatio); equivalent to revoke + -ation.

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