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# revoke

verb (revoke, revokes, revoked, revoking)

«revoke» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To officially cancel a law, permission, licence or decision. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revoke/#m1)
2. (cards) To fail to follow suit when you could, breaking a rule. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revoke/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revoke/#x1)
- The school revoked our right to play football at lunch for a week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revoke/#x2)
- The country revoked the old law. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revoke/#x3)
- Her visa was revoked when she broke the rules. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revoke/#x4)
- The king revoked his order and freed the prisoner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revoke/#x5)
- You can revoke an app's permission to use your camera. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revoke/#x6)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/revoke/#x1)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «revoke» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revoke/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«revoke» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/revoke.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «revoke» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/revoke/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«revoke» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/revoke.html) on Mova free.