Definition of "revocation" []

• The act or an instance of revoking. (noun)

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• "If there is a real reason for licensing a profession, two years of failure should result in revocation of said license."
• "(And a supervised release revocation is not analogous to civil commitment, because a revocation imprisonment term is a criminal punishment, and it is additional punishment for the original offense, not a punishment for the release violation.)"
• "This happens every day in revocation hearings across the country."