revoke

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing.
2. (intransitive) To fail to follow suit in a game of cards when holding a card in that suit.
3. (obsolete) To call or bring back.
4. (obsolete) To hold back.
5. (obsolete) To move (something) back or away.
6. (obsolete) To call back to mind.

Noun

1. The act of revoking in a game of cards.
2. A renege; a violation of important rules regarding the play of tricks in trick-taking card games serious enough to render the round invalid.
3. A violation ranked in seriousness somewhat below overt cheating, with the status of a more minor offense only because, when it happens, it is usually accidental.

Synonyms

cancel

repeal

annul

call off

rescind

abolish

countermand

withdraw

erase

reverse

abrogate

recall

retract

overturn

renege

nullify

recant

call back

revocation

lift

vacate

eliminate

eradicate

error

expel

fault

flaw

fluff

forbid

foul

invalidate

invert

knock down

misplay

mistake

offload

overrule

pull down

put an end to

quash

ravel

regain

relinquish

renounce

retraction

retrieve

reversal

scrap

stay

strike down

Translations

revocar

revocare

widerrufen

revogar

annuler

révoquer

ανακαλώ

intrekken

abroger

anular

ακυρώνω

revocar

annullare

herroepen

annullieren

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈvoʊk/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French révoquer, from Latin revocare, from re- + voco, vocare. Doublet of revocate.