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Examples of revocation in a Sentence
threatened the revocation of his son's driving privileges
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Nina Beltran, aka Nina Marano, requested her own disciplinary revocation from the Florida Bar after being arrested and convicted of tampering with a corpse in connection with the October 2021 murder of 23-year-old Marisela Botello-Valdez in Dallas.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2024
This should include a strict revocation of access for any employee leaving the company.
—Andrew Sever, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Those are the types of things that will trigger a revocation.
—Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 15 Sep. 2024
Its revocation was the beginning of the end for Leadville’s mining prosperity—but not for the city itself.
—James Dziezynski, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin revocation-, revocatio, from revocare
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of revocation was
in the 15th century
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“Revocation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revocation. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
revocation
noun
re·vo·ca·tion
ˌrev-ə-ˈkā-shən
: an act or instance of revoking
Legal Definition
revocation
noun
rev·o·ca·tion
ˌre-və-ˈkā-shən
: an act or instance of revoking
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