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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Revocation \Rev`o*ca"tion\, n. [L. revocatio: cf F.
r['e]vocation.]
1. The act of calling back or the state of being recalled;
recall.
One that saw the people bent for the revocation of
Calvin, gave him notice of their affection.
--Hooker.
2. The act by which one having the right annuls an act
done a power or authority given or a license, gift, or
benefit conferred; repeal; reversal; as the revocation of
an edict, a power, a will or a license.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
revocation
n : the act (by someone having the authority) of annulling
something previously done "the revocation of a law"
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