had been revoking

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of revoke.
  revoke

  verb (used with object)

  to take back or withdraw; annul, cancel, or reverse; rescind or repeal.

Related Words

• abolish
• abrogate
• annul
• deny
• dismantle
• dismiss
• invalidate
• lift
• nullify
• quash
• remove
• renounce
• repeal
• rescind
• retract
• reverse
• set aside
• vacate
• void
• withdraw