deauthorize

English

Alternative forms

• deauthorise, de-authorise

Etymology

From de- +‎ authorize.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈɔːθəɹaɪz/

Verb

deauthorize (third-person singular simple present deauthorizes, present participle deauthorizing, simple past and past participle deauthorized)

1. (transitive) To revoke permission, sanction or consent.
   • 2011 July 20, J.D. Biersdorfer, “Q&A: Moving the Music to a New Machine”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     If you plan to get rid the of Dell desktop (or not use it for playing iTunes content) you should deauthorize it from the iTunes Store after you’ve moved the library — but before you shut it down that one last time.

   • 2022 September 1, Alicia Lasek, “Use of deauthorized COVID antibody treatments widespread in early 2022: study”, in McKnight's Long-Term Care News‎^[2]:

     Clinicians in the United States relied strongly on the use of two monoclonal antibody (mAbs) treatments for COVID-19, even after they were deauthorized by the Food and Drug Administration, according to a new study.

   • 2024 April 23, Colin Holgate, SketchUp Community‎^[3]:

     The deauthorizing only affects copies of SketchUp that are signed in, it doesn’t affect who is assigned the seat.

Related terms

• authorize

Translations

revoke permission

• Catalan: desautoritzar (ca)
• Portuguese: desautorizar
• Spanish: desautorizar (es)