Definition of revocation in English:
revocation
noun rɛvəˈkeɪʃ(ə)nˌrɛvəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n
mass nounThe 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
Example sentencesExamples
- This revocation can be carried either online or by subsequently published DVDs.
- The intentional revocation was not an inadvertent termination.
- The king's persecutions culminated in the revocation of the edict in 1685.
- The senator's bill would address this problem by treating visa revocations similar to visa denials.
- The community rallied to save its land from revocation.
- The city has pursued fines or licence revocations for thousands of drivers.
- Any felony crime results in an automatic lifetime revocation.
- One approach is to threaten rogue corporations with the revocation of their charters.
- The second violation would lead to temporary revocation of network privileges.
- The document discusses options for action short of revocation.
Definition of revocation in US English:
revocation
nounˌrevəˈkāSH(ə)nˌrɛvəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n
The official cancellation of a decree, decision, or promise.
for those who break the law, revocation of their liquor license may result
count noun 16% of parole revocations were due to drug-related violations
Example sentencesExamples
- The community rallied to save its land from revocation.
- The intentional revocation was not an inadvertent termination.
- Any felony crime results in an automatic lifetime 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.
- The senator's bill would address this problem by treating visa revocations similar to visa denials.
- The document discusses options for action short of revocation.
- The second violation would lead to temporary revocation of network privileges.
- This revocation can be carried either online or by subsequently published DVDs.
- The city has pursued fines or licence revocations for thousands of drivers.