Revocations

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The act of cancelling or nullifying something includes the withdrawal of privileges or rights It also pertains to the formal rescission of agreements or contracts Moreover, it signifies the retracting of previously allowed actions or permissions
2. The process of officially cancelling or taking back a previously granted right, permission, or decision
3. An official action that terminates or rescinds an agreement, privilege, or authorization

Etymology: "Revocations" is the plural of "revocation," so the core history belongs to the noun it comes from. The base verb "revoke" traces back to Latin "revocare," meaning "to call back," built from "re-" (back) and "vocare" (to call). The noun arrived in Middle English as "revocacioun," borrowed through Old French "revocacion" from the Latin "revocationem," the accusative form of "revocatio." The English noun is therefore the verb "revoke" with the suffix "-ation" attached, a common pattern for turning verbs into nouns of action. A revocation is literally the act of calling something back, which is why the sense of withdrawing a permission, licence or decision fits so neatly. Its plural form simply refers to several such withdrawals at once, as when a regulator cancels a batch of licences in one stroke.

Synonyms: cancellations, repeals

Antonyms: confirmations