Need another word that means the same as “revoke”? Find 24 synonyms and 30 related words for “revoke” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Revoke” are: annul, countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, vacate, cancel, abrogate, nullify, declare null and void, make void, void, invalidate, render invalid, quash, abolish, set aside, retract, withdraw, overrule, override, renege
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “revoke” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| renege | The mistake of not following suit when able to do so. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “revoke” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| abolish | Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution. Slavery was abolished in the mid 19th century in America and in Russia. |
| abrogate | Revoke formally. A proposal to abrogate temporarily the right to strike. |
| annul | Cancel officially. The contract was annulled. |
| cancel | Delete (an equal factor) from both sides of an equation or from the numerator and denominator of a fraction. Cancel cheques or tickets. |
| countermand | Cancel officially. He was already countermanding her. |
| declare null and void | Declare to be. |
| invalidate | Declare invalid. Invalidate a contract. |
| lift | Fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means. A helicopter lifted 11 crew to safety from the ship. |
| make void | Give certain properties to something. |
| nullify | Make legally null and void; invalidate. Insulin can block the release of the hormone and thereby nullify the effects of training. |
| override | Rule against. The external rendering should not override the damp proof membrane. |
| overrule | Reject or disallow by exercising one’s superior authority. Welfare staff overruled an experienced detective. |
| overturn | Cause to overturn from an upright or normal position. The big vase overturned. |
| quash | Reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure. His conviction was quashed on appeal. |
| render invalid | Restate (words) from one language into another language. |
| repeal | Cancel officially. The legislation was repealed five months later. |
| rescind | Cancel officially. The government eventually rescinded the directive. |
| retract | Pull inward or towards a center. The cat retracted his claws. |
| reverse | Reverse the position order relation or condition of. The court reversed his conviction. |
| set aside | Become gelatinous. |
| vacate | Give up (a position or employment. She vacated the position when she got pregnant. |
| void | Declare invalid. The chemist voided the glass bottle. |
| withdraw | Withdraw from active participation. Patients were withdrawn from therapy when they had been depression free for a month. |
| abolish | Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution. Slavery was abolished in the mid 19th century in America and in Russia. |
| abrogate | Revoke formally. A proposal to abrogate temporarily the right to strike. |
| abrogation | The repeal or abolition of a law, right, or agreement. |
| annihilate | Kill in large numbers. Mesons are unstable because the quark and antiquark can annihilate each other. |
| annul | Declare invalid (an official agreement, decision, or result. Her first marriage was finally annulled by His Holiness. |
| cancel | A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat. Cancel the dinner party. |
| counterbalance | A factor having the opposite effect to that of another and so preventing it from exercising a disproportionate influence. The extra cost of mail order may be counterbalanced by its convenience. |
| countermand | Revoke or cancel (an order. He was already countermanding her. |
| delete | A command or key on a computer which erases text. Please delete my name from your list. |
| empty | Make void or empty of contents. Empty bellied children. |
| exterminate | Kill (a pest. Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews Gypsies Communists and homosexuals of Europe. |
| invalidate | Make invalid for use. Invalidate a contract. |
| negate | Deny the truth of. This action will negate the effect of my efforts. |
| neutralize | Make incapable of military action. Her optimism neutralizes his gloom. |
| null | Combine a signal with another in order to create a null cancel out. Null and void. |
| nullify | Make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of. Judges were unwilling to nullify government decisions. |
| override | A device for suspending an automatic function on a machine. This commitment should override all other considerations. |
| reject | The person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality. His body could begin to reject the implanted heart. |
| remove | Remove from a position or an office. The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage. |
| repeal | The action of revoking or annulling a law or act of parliament. The House voted in favour of repeal. |
| repel | Be repellent to cause aversion in. The alleged right of lien led by the bankrupt s solicitor was repelled. |
| repudiation | Rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid. The repudiation of the debt by the city. |
| rescind | Cancel officially. The government eventually rescinded the directive. |
| rescission | The act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made. The plaintiff agreed to the rescission of the agreement. |
| reversible | (of a reaction) occurring together with its converse, and so yielding an equilibrium mixture of reactants and products. The entropy change is zero only in the limiting case of a reversible process. |
| revocable | Capable of being revoked or cancelled. A revocable order. |
| revocation | The state of being cancelled or annulled. The revocation of a law. |
| terminate | Terminate the employment of discharge from an office or position. Adamson s putting pressure on me to terminate you. |
| vacate | Give up (a position or employment. She vacated the position when she got pregnant. |
| veto | A rejection by right of veto. Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store. |
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