What's the difference between abeyance and revoke?

Abeyance


Definition:

  • (n.) Expectancy; condition of being undetermined.
  • (n.) Suspension; temporary suppression.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) His royal imperial highness has abdicated and the constitution is in abeyance.
  • (2) Considering the poor general condition and advanced nature of the lesions in these cases this result is important and may indicate the nature of future trends in treatment, namely radiotherapy, with surgery held in abeyance until there is overt recurrence.
  • (3) He readily acknowledges that any judgment on the integrity of his apology will be kept in abeyance pending the outworkings of the investigation.
  • (4) Further information was obtained on 487 studies, of which 287 (59%) had been completed, 100 (21%) had never started, 58 (12%) had been abandoned or were in abeyance and 42 (9%) were still ongoing, as of May 1990.
  • (5) These include resumption of the meiotic division, a process held in abeyance from a short time after birth, and the progression of the oocyte from the dictyate stage to the metaphase of the second meiotic division.
  • (6) It was discredited by leaders across the board.” NSEERs fell into abeyance in 2011 after its value to counterterrorist agencies was called into question.
  • (7) The deadline gives the officers’ lawyers time to launch an appeal to the high court, in which case the coroner’s new ruling will be in abeyance until the outcome of the appeal.
  • (8) Although oxyhemoglobin in the medium of cell cultures seems to have had the ability to keep malignancy in abeyance, it did not reverse the established malignant transformation of the cells.
  • (9) Plans for Kingsnorth have been put in abeyance until the results are known of a government competition to decide which companies will be funded to deploy the technology, and are likely to be delayed for at least a decade if it fails to win.
  • (10) And look at how wildly the political pendulum swings: from Obama to Trump; from the SNP triumphant to Nicola Sturgeon in sudden abeyance; from Europe supposedly in hopeless crisis to the twin leadership of Macron and Merkel; and from the Brexit victory to the glorious shocks and surprises of last week.
  • (11) Although the above hypothesis is not supported by the angiographic studies to date, final judgment should be held in abeyance until data are presented on the collateral flow and regional myocardial perfusion in exercise-trained human subjects with arteriosclerotic heart disease.
  • (12) Talks have been in abeyance for the past two years, but many diplomats and observers say Israel's continued settlement growth is the main obstacle rather than Palestinian intransigence.
  • (13) When it became clear that the president's days in power were numbered, Suleiman accepted the vice-presidency, an office in abeyance since Mubarak was promoted to the top job in 1981.
  • (14) Results were thought to indicate that, in the rat, levels of EP during normal pregnancy hold milk secretion in abeyance until parturition and also block the particular type of mitotic growth phase associated with early lactation.
  • (15) Clinical infection rates with S. aureus also increased significantly (P less than .001)when HCP bathing was in abeyance.
  • (16) They believe that Lonmin’s Barnard Mokwena, Abey Kgotle, Jomo Kwadi, Graeme Sinclair, Mahomed Seedat, Mark Munroe, Frank Russo-Bello, Albert Jamieson and all other senior executives who influenced or participated in the strategic direction, planning and execution of the Saps operation should be treated as accomplices.

Revoke


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To call or bring back; to recall.
  • (v. t.) Hence, to annul, by recalling or taking back; to repeal; to rescind; to cancel; to reverse, as anything granted by a special act; as, , to revoke a will, a license, a grant, a permission, a law, or the like.
  • (v. t.) To hold back; to repress; to restrain.
  • (v. t.) To draw back; to withdraw.
  • (v. t.) To call back to mind; to recollect.
  • (v. i.) To fail to follow suit when holding a card of the suit led, in violation of the rule of the game; to renege.
  • (n.) The act of revoking.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But he argued that Obama entered the agreement without approval from Congress, allowing the president to revoke it.
  • (2) (Incidentally, Australia had just revoked Blanc’s visa).
  • (3) The inspections have already led to complaints and demands that the rules be revoked.
  • (4) But private institutions owe their licence to operate to the state, by being given degree-awarding powers or university titles (which can be revoked).
  • (5) Applications by psychiatrists were infrequently withdrawn or revoked.
  • (6) 'No doesn't really mean no': North Carolina law means women can't revoke consent for sex Read more The 13-year-old girl, named Savannah, spoke on 7 May in Eagle Mountain, Utah, during a once-a-month portion of Sunday services in which members are encouraged to share feelings and beliefs.
  • (7) Universities are losing their sense of public responsibility and social purpose | Peter Scott Read more Ministers will now have the power to revoke the royal charters of many older universities previously regarded as near-inalienable.
  • (8) The current TPA bill comes with a big loophole: if Congress feels the TPP doesn’t meet its expectations, it can revoke the TPA and try to change the terms of the trade agreement.
  • (9) At the beginning of the month the ministry of interior published a list of 72 persons whose citizenship was to be revoked.
  • (10) On Wednesday angry MPs approved a resolution calling on the government to charge the documentary-makers with genocide denial and revoke the BBC’s licence to broadcast in the country.
  • (11) Ninety-one PSRB clients received treatment and of this group 51% had their conditional release revoked by the PSRB.
  • (12) Government misquoting my report to defend revoking citizenship, says Bret Walker Read more Some ministers believe the detail of the citizenship legislation should be presented to cabinet for final decision, given that the last discussion occurred around a vague proposal without a cabinet submission or any kind of documentation or any legal advice.
  • (13) Last week, immigration minister Jason Kenney announced that 3,100 people would have their Canadian citizenship revoked for hiring immigration consultants to falsify their documents.
  • (14) The sanctions order assets frozen, visas revoked and a ban on US companies' business with the targets.
  • (15) USA has the right to issue and revoke visa – I fully understand that.
  • (16) Whistleblowers with dual citizenship who speak out on Australia’s national security – including those involved in allegations that Timor-Leste’s cabinet room was bugged – could face having their citizenship revoked under proposed laws.
  • (17) So of course the Republicans want to deny, if not outright revoke, birthright citizenship to people like me.
  • (18) Any licence to the public to enter or cross this land is revoked forthwith.
  • (19) Detained by US immigration: 'In that moment I loathed America' | Mem Fox Read more After receiving notice that his Nexus card – part of a program designed to expedite border crossings for low-risk, pre-approved travellers – had been revoked, Ahmad decided to use his lunch break on Friday to pay a visit to the Nexus office in Michigan.
  • (20) If the regulator had decided that either James Murdoch – who stood down as chairman of News International in March 2012 and as chairman of BSkyB in April, but remains on the board of the broadcaster as a non-executive director – or the company itself were not fit and proper owners, the regulator could have revoked its licences.