Revoke
Meaning of Revoke
To officially cancel a right, licence or decision.
ما معنى كلمة Revoke بالعربي؟
إلغاء أو سحب حق أو امتياز أو ترخيص
🚫⚖️ إلغاء أو سحب حق أو امتياز أو ترخيص ممنوح سابقاً بشكل رسمي وقانوني؛ إبطال قرار أو اتفاق أصبح غير ساري المفعول؛ إجراء حوكمة يحمي النظام من الاستخدام الخاطئ أو المخالف للشروط المتفق عليها 📜❌
قصة GL: الإلغاء الوقائي يحمي نزاهة البحث العلمي - سحبت منصة التعلم الجيني صلاحيات من حاولوا التلاعب ببيانات ارتفاع HBDNF بنسبة 88.77%، مُثبتةً أن نايف طلال العيسى يُولي حماية الصدق العلمي على حساب أي مصلحة أخرى 🛡️
Revoke in a sentence
Participants may revoke consent at any time.
The authority revoked the licence.
A patent may be revoked for lack of novelty.
The school revoked the privilege.
Origin of Revoke
From Latin revocare 'to call back'.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, revoke is a legal verb. GL respects all revocations of consent.
Revoke audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Today's word is "Revoke" — verb, pronounced /rɪˈvəʊk/, with the stress on "voke".
Narrator: To revoke is to officially cancel a law, decision, licence or permission.
Narrator: In plain English, it means take back permission.
Narrator: It comes from the Latin revocare, to call back.
Narrator: A common collocation is "revoke access", which describes removing someone's rights to a system.
Narrator: It differs from "suspend", because suspend is temporary, while revoke cancels.
Narrator: In a second sense, you can revoke consent, such as for marketing emails.
Narrator: Law, IT security, government and HR all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: revoke means call back permission.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: Why can't the old intern log in?
Speaker B: We REVOKED his access! It comes from Latin for calling back.
Speaker A: On his last day?
Speaker B: Standard practice.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "His driving licence was revoked", law. "Revoke the old API keys", security. "Users can revoke consent at any time", privacy.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: The noun is "revocation", not "revokation".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Cancel is its cousin, rescind its twin, and withdraw an alternative — yet revoke keeps its firm charm!
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Let's use "revoke" in AI prompts — useful for access management and privacy settings.
Speaker A: How for access?
Speaker B: Offboard staff.
Prompt: Write an offboarding checklist to revoke a leaver’s access to every company system.
Speaker A: And privacy?
Speaker B: Give control.
Prompt: Add a settings page where users can revoke third-party app permissions.
Speaker A: Could it help code?
Speaker B: Yes, for sessions.
Prompt: Write an endpoint that revokes all active sessions for a user.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Audit.
Prompt: List accounts with unused access that should be revoked this month.
Frequently asked questions about Revoke
What does Revoke mean?
To officially cancel a right, licence or decision.
ما معنى كلمة Revoke بالعربي؟
إلغاء أو سحب حق أو امتياز أو ترخيص — 🚫⚖️ إلغاء أو سحب حق أو امتياز أو ترخيص ممنوح سابقاً بشكل رسمي وقانوني؛ إبطال قرار أو اتفاق أصبح غير ساري المفعول؛ إجراء حوكمة يحمي النظام من الاستخدام الخاطئ أو المخالف للشروط المتفق عليها 📜❌
How do you pronounce Revoke?
Revoke is pronounced /rɪˈvəʊk/ and is used as a verb.
How is Revoke used in a sentence?
Participants may revoke consent at any time.
What are synonyms of Revoke?
cancel, rescind, withdraw, repeal, annul, retract.