Thesaurus / revoke
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
One day she asked him if it saddened him to revoke the past.
A GERMAN POMPADOURMARIE HAY
Power to revoke the grant for breach of conditions should be lodged in a specified public authority.
I dont know how anyone can be expected not to revoke when theres this confounded chatter going on all the time.
THE CIRCLEW. SOMERSET MAUGHAM
The grand vizier and the courtiers who were present cast themselves at the emperor's feet, to beg of him to revoke the sentence.
THE ARABIAN NIGHTSUNKNOWN
There were no persuasions to revoke her decision, no urgent entreaties, no declaration of being heart-broken.
MODERN BROODSCHARLOTTE MARY YONGE
The only inquiry, therefore, will be as to what acts or occurrences shall be deemed sufficient to revoke a will previously made.
THE CURIOSITIES AND LAW OF WILLSJOHN PROFFATT
So soon as you, by your own law, cut off your trade with France, he agrees to revoke the orders interfering with it.
He hoped vaguely that the Emperor would revoke his decision.
Marriage is a covenant which few women refuse and many revoke.
WISE OR OTHERWISELYDIA LEAVITT
It is the dummy's right, should the dealer refuse to follow in any suit, to endeavour to prevent a revoke.
BRIDGE; ITS PRINCIPLES AND RULES OF PLAYJ.B. ELWELL
WORDS RELATED TO REVOKE
- bear in mind
- bethink
- brood over
- call to mind
- call up
- cite
- commemorate
- conjure up
- dig into the past
- dwell upon
- educe
- elicit
- enshrine
- extract
- fix in the mind
- flash on
- get
- go back
- have memories
- hold dear
- keep forever
- know by heart
- learn
- look back
- memorialize
- memorize
- mind
- nail down
- recall
- recognize
- recollect
- refresh memory
- relive
- remind
- reminisce
- retain
- retrospect
- revive
- revoke
- ring a bell
- strike a note
- summon up
- think back
- treasure
- abandon
- abjure
- apostatize
- banish
- be against
- break with
- cast
- cast off
- cut off
- decline
- default
- defect
- demur
- deny
- desert
- disacknowledge
- disapprove
- disavow
- discard
- disclaim
- dishonor
- disinherit
- dismiss
- disown
- dump
- flush
- fly in the face of
- forsake
- nix
- oust
- rat
- recant
- refuse
- renounce
- repeal
- reprobate
- rescind
- retract
- reverse
- revoke
- spurn
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- turn
- turn down
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