revoke

Everyday

1. To officially cancel a law, permission, licence or decision. tree →
2. (cards) To fail to follow suit when you could, breaking a rule. tree →

In the lessons

In law and adult life a driving licence or passport can be revoked. In school, privileges can be revoked for bad behaviour. Phrases: «revoke a licence», «revoke permission», «revoke a ban».

Examples

• The judge revoked his driving licence. tree →
• The school revoked our right to play football at lunch for a week. tree →
• The country revoked the old law. tree →
• Her visa was revoked when she broke the rules. tree →
• The king revoked his order and freed the prisoner. tree →
• You can revoke an app's permission to use your camera. tree →

Note

Regular verb: revoked. Noun: «revocation». Formal; «cancel» or «take away» are everyday. Very close to «repeal», but «repeal» is used for laws by a parliament.

In Jewish tradition

Here it means to take back an opinion, as in everyday English. In the primary lessons: In law and adult life a driving licence or passport can be revoked. In school, privileges can be revoked for bad behaviour. Phrases: «revoke a licence», «revoke permission», «revoke a ban».

Examples

• This opinion, however, he afterwards revoked. (See Dr. Graetz's "History of the Jews," Vol. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →

Note

Regular verb: revoked. Noun: «revocation». Formal; «cancel» or «take away» are everyday. Very close to «repeal», but «repeal» is used for laws by a parliament.