unauthorize

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ authorize.

Verb

unauthorize (third-person singular simple present unauthorizes, present participle unauthorizing, simple past and past participle unauthorized)

1. (transitive) To disown the authority of; to repudiate.
2. (transitive, computing) To withdraw authorization or permissions from.
   • 2015, Shaun Walker, Bruce Chapman, Cathal Connolly, Professional DNN7: Open Source .NET CMS Platform, page 157:

     This group of users includes anyone who has created a user account but either hasn't verified their account through their email or has been unauthorized by the administrator.

   • 2016 December 19, “DHCP Unauthorize: There is no such object on the server”, in Dmitri's Wanderings‎^[1]:

     The reverse operation is called “unauthorize” and you’re supposed to do it before removing the DHCP role on a server.

   • 2023 July, Marco_Maria_D_Ottavi, Roon Labs Community‎^[2]:

     Hi. I have a question about “authorizing and unauthorizing” my core.