derecognize

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derecognize - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  derecognize
      v 1: cause to be no longer approved or accepted; "Carter
           derecognized Taiwan in 1979 after the U.S. recognized the
           People's Republic of China" [syn: decertify,
           derecognize, derecognise] [ant: certify, licence,
           license]