revocation
/rɛvəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n
/noun [mass noun]
The official cancellation of a decree, decision, or promise: for those who break the law, revocation of their liquor licence may result [count noun]: 16% of parole revocations were due to drug-related violations...
- The community rallied to save its land from revocation.
- The king's persecutions culminated in the revocation of the edict in 1685.
- One approach is to threaten rogue corporations with the revocation of their charters.
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