English → Latin
“revoke” in Latin
revocōto recall (troops, etc.), to call back; to withdraw; to revivetollōto raise, lift up, elevate; to remove, take away, steal, rob; to destroy, eliminate, annulaboleōto retard, check the growth of; to destroy, efface, terminate; to die, decayabrogōto abolish, abrogate, annul (all parts); recall; to take away, deprive (of)indūcōto lead, bring or conduct in or into somewhere; to bring forward, exhibit, represent; to bring into or before a courtsoleōto be accustomed, used to, in the habit ofdissolvōto unloose, disunite, separate, dissolve, destroy; to pay, discharge (a debt etc.); to abolish, abrogate, annulresolvōto release, loosen, unloose, unbind, disentangle, relax, dissolve; to enfeeble; to cancel, dispelrescindōto cut off, cut or break down or back, cut or tear open or loose; to annul, abolish, abrogate, cancel, revoke, repeal, r
The English word revoke itself goes back to Latin vocō, through revocare.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
revoke
revocare (general term): tollere (the proper word; e.g., of an office, a law, a command, a judgement, friendship): abolere (Vid: hist., not to suffer to be any longer valid, to abolish, abrogate): abrogare (to revoke, by authority of the people, a law, a decree; also an office): derogare legi or aliquid de lege (to revoke part of a law; but derogare is sometimes used with an accusative for abrogare; Vid: Ochsn., Cic., Ecl., p. 85): abrogare legi (to repeal one law by another, or at least to deprive it of its full force): inducere (to strike out, cancel; e.g., a degree, contract): solvere, dissolves, resolvere (to dissolve): rescindere (to render invalid; e.g., ordinances, contracts).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for revoke?
- The usual Latin words for “revoke” are revocō, tollō, aboleō; also abrogō, indūcō, soleō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.