The official cancellation or withdrawal of a license, permit, or privilege.
From Latin revocatio, from revocare (to call back), composed of re- (back) + vocare (to call). Entered English in the 15th century through legal terminology.
The word literally means 'calling back' - imagine authority figures literally shouting back their permissions across a medieval courtyard. Modern driver's license revocation carries the same symbolic weight as a medieval king recalling a knight's commission.
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