revoke

This term carries a heavy weight of officialdom and authority. It is almost exclusively used in legal, administrative, or formal contexts where a superior power takes back a right or permission that was previously granted. It suggests a sudden and absolute termination of a legal status. While similar to cancel, revoke implies a more permanent and authoritative stripping of a privilege. You cancel a meeting or a subscription, but a state revokes a license or a law, signaling a formal reversal of a previous official act.