revoke
verb
[ rɪˈvəʊk ]
• officially cancel (a decree, decision, or promise).
• "the men appealed and the sentence was revoked"
Similar:
cancel,
repeal,
rescind,
reverse,
abrogate,
annul,
nullify,
declare null and void,
make void,
void,
invalidate,
render invalid,
quash,
abolish,
set aside,
countermand,
retract,
withdraw,
overrule,
override,
vacate,
avoid,
recall,
disannul,
• (in bridge, whist, and other card games) fail to follow suit despite being able to do so.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French revoquer or Latin revocare, from re- ‘back’ + vocare ‘to call’.
