Definitions for "revoke"
Keywords:  annul, repeal, rescind, recall, cancel
To cancel or annul.
To call or bring back; to recall.
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.
Keywords:  renege, suit, trick, fail, able
To fail to follow suit when holding a card of the suit led, in violation of the rule of the game; to renege.
Failing to follow suit (as required) when a player is able to do so.
fail to follow suit when able to do so (an infraction of the laws).
An action taken to remove a privilege from a role or user.
To remove a privilege or authority from an authorization ID.
Remove previously granted privileges. REVOKE SELECT ON student FROM jsmith;
To hold back; to repress; to restrain.
To draw back; to withdraw.
To call back to mind; to recollect.
take back consent to an adoption. Some states offer no time for revocation while other states place a time limit.
To take away previously authorized access from some principal.
Keywords:  act
The act of revoking.