revoke
v.v. to officially cancel a law, a license, or a decision. When an authority revokes something, it is no longer valid or allowed.
v. to officially cancel or rescind a decree, decision, or privilege. Transitive; requires a direct object representing the legal or formal instrument being nullified.
The city decided to revoke his driver's license.
The committee had to revoke the athlete's medal after a positive drug test revealed a violation of the rules.
The government may revoke a citizen's passport if there is sufficient evidence that they intend to flee the country to avoid criminal prosecution.
Borrowed from Middle French révoquer, from Latin revocare, from re- + voco, vocare. Doublet of revocate.
The verb is transitive and typically takes objects like 'license', 'permit', 'privilege', or 'offer'.
The law was revoked by the people.The law was repealed by the people.While 'revoke' is used for specific licenses or individual privileges, 'repeal' is the more accurate term for the legislative cancellation of a law.