Word Meanings - REVOCATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of calling back, or the state of being recalled; recall. One that saw the people bent for the revocation of Calvin, gave him notice of their affection. Hooker. 2. The act by which one, having the right, annuls an act done, a power or

Additional info about word: REVOCATION

1. The act of calling back, or the state of being recalled; recall. One that saw the people bent for the revocation of Calvin, gave him notice of their affection. Hooker. 2. The act by which one, having the right, annuls an act done, a power or authority given, or a license, gift, or benefit conferred; repeal; reversal; as, the revocation of an edict, a power, a will, or a license.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of REVOCATION)

• Repeal
• Abrogation
• rescission
• revocation
• annulment

Related words: (words related to REVOCATION)

• REPEALABILITY
  The quality or state of being repealable.
• RESCISSION
  The act of rescinding, abrogating, annulling, or vacating; as, the rescission of a law, decree, or judgment.
• REPEAL
  re- re- + OF. apeler, F. appeler, to call, L. appellare. See Appeal, 1. To recall; to summon again, as persons. The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself, And with uplifted arms is safe arrived. Shak. 2. To recall, as a deed, will, law, or statute;
• REVOCATION
  1. The act of calling back, or the state of being recalled; recall. One that saw the people bent for the revocation of Calvin, gave him notice of their affection. Hooker. 2. The act by which one, having the right, annuls an act done, a power or
• REPEALABLE
  Capable of being repealed. -- Re*peal"a*ble*ness, n. Syn. -- Revocable; abrogable; voidable; reversible.
• REPEALER
  One who repeals; one who seeks a repeal; specifically, an advocate for the repeal of the Articles of Union between Great Britain and Ireland.
• REPEALMENT
  Recall, as from banishment.
• ANNULMENT
  The act of annulling; abolition; invalidation.
• ABROGATION
  The act of abrogating; repeal by authority. Hume.
• IRREPEALABLE
  Not repealable; not capable of being repealed or revoked, as a law. -- Ir`re*peal"a*ble*ness, n. -- Ir`re*peal"a*bly, adv.
• DISANNULMENT
  Complete annulment.
• IRREPEALABILITY
  The quality or state of being irrepealable.