(v. t.) Specifically, to vacate or make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or by superior authority; to repeal; as, to rescind a law, a resolution, or a vote; to rescind a decree or a judgment.
Example Sentences:
(1) The wives and girlfriends who were originally invited to accompany their playing partners on the World Cup tour have had their invitations formally rescinded.
(2) The ruling cannot be appealed, in effect rescinding the mother's rights to see her son.
(3) The BMA, however, will still be free to join ongoing talks over reforms after the government rescinded a talks ban for any unions that had rejected the outline proposals.
(4) If Obama rescinded the system altogether, it would make it significantly harder for Trump to build a Muslim registry.
(5) Connolly told a local paper , “Our position, if the termination for parental rights is granted, is that [she] would not have standing to obtain the abortion.” He’s arguing that Doe’s parental rights should be rescinded because she is facing charges of chemical endangerment of a child.
(6) More than 1,300 church members in Osorno, along with 30 priests from the diocese and 51 of Chile’s 120 members of parliament, sent letters to Francis in February urging him to rescind the appointment.
(7) Meanwhile environmental groups have said Feldman's ruling may have to be rescinded because of the possible conflict of interests.
(8) Both the refusal of Labour to rescind arms exports licenses issued to Indonesia granted under the Conservatives, and figures showing the number of arms exports licences issued with respect to Indonesia , have bought the sincerity of Labour's policy into question.
(9) The supreme court, led by an increasingly assertive and popular chief justice, has long demanded the government write to Switzerland to rescind a 2008 notification that it was no longer a party to corruption charges against President Asif Ali Zardari that Swiss officials had investigated.
(10) Asked if Australia would rescind an invite to Russian president Vladimir Putin to the G20 summit in Brisbane scheduled for November, Abbott responded: “I don’t want to pre-empt what happens down the track.” Flight MH17 was flying over Ukrainian airspace, 1000 feet above a no-fly zone when it is believed to have been shot down by a surface-to-air missile.
(11) The House Democratic leader, Nancy Pelosi, said: “There must be no sugarcoating the reality that a white nationalist has been named chief strategist for the Trump administration.” Departing US Senate minority leader Harry Reid on Tuesday called on the president to rescind Bannon’s appointment, which he said has only “deepened” the country’s divisions since the election.
(12) English rewrote Walsh's article, subbing it down to 2,200 words, and then persuaded his friend and colleague to rescind his resignation.
(13) Yet he defended the appointments that have now been rescinded, on the grounds that anyone working across government should properly be a civil servant.
(14) Will David Cameron have the courage to do what veteran Yorkshire Post columnist Bernard Dineen suggests today , namely to rescind my expulsion and give the Conservative party the alliance its history and policies deserve, with the mainstream EPP?
(15) That provoked uproar in the press room and was eventually rescinded.
(16) In Washington, Abadi insisted Iraqi fighters maintained the “upper hand psychologically” and that areas controlled by his government were increasing while those controlled by militants were rescinding.
(17) He rescinded Malawi's recognition of Taiwan and in 2007 established diplomatic links with Beijing.
(18) The fact they have rescinded this rule, which was introduced specifically to protect citizens from being screwed over, is insane,” she said.
(19) Yesterday, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) rescinded the invitations of several journalists to attend a public briefing regarding a multilateral trade agreement under negotiation called the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP).
(20) Describing the award as “morally reprehensible” and calling for it to be rescinded, the petition has gathered more than 500 staff signatures.
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.