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Narrator: Today's word is "Revocation" — noun, pronounced /ˌrevəˈkeɪʃn/, with the stress on "ca".
Narrator: Revocation is the official act of cancelling a law, licence, decision or permission.
Narrator: In plain English, it is taking back permission.
Narrator: It comes from the Latin revocatio, a calling back.
Narrator: A common collocation is "licence revocation", which describes cancelling a licence.
Narrator: It differs from "suspension", because a suspension is temporary, while revocation is usually final.
Narrator: In a second sense, certificate revocation marks a security certificate as no longer trusted.
Narrator: Law, government, cybersecurity and business all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: revocation calls permission back.
Speaker A: Why did the pub close?
Speaker B: REVOCATION of its licence! It comes from Latin for calling back.
Speaker A: After the fights?
Speaker B: The council acted fast.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "The revocation of his visa shocked him", immigration. "Token revocation logs users out", security. "Revocation of the will", law.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Stress "rev-uh-KAY-shun", and note the spelling changes from "revoke" to "revoc-".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Cancellation is its cousin, withdrawal its twin, and repeal an alternative — yet revocation keeps its official charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "revocation" in AI prompts — useful for security systems and legal notices.
Speaker A: How for security?
Speaker B: Handle tokens.
Prompt: Design token revocation so a stolen API key stops working within one minute.
Speaker A: And legal notices?
Speaker B: Be clear.
Prompt: Draft a notice informing a business of the revocation of its trading licence.
Speaker A: Could it help consent?
Speaker B: Yes, for privacy.
Prompt: Build a form where users can request revocation of their marketing consent.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Certificates.
Prompt: Explain how browsers check certificate revocation using OCSP.
Revocation — meaning in Arabic & definition More R courses GL Dictionary