1. Verb
To call or bring back; to recall.
2. Verb
Hence, to annul, by recalling or taking back; to repeal; to rescind; to cancel; to reverse, as anything granted by a special act; as, , to revoke a will, a license, a grant, a permission, a law, or the like.
3. Verb
To hold back; to repress; to restrain.
4. Verb
To draw back; to withdraw.
5. Verb
To call back to mind; to recollect.
6. Verb
To fail to follow suit when holding a card of the suit led, in violation of the rule of the game; to renege.
7. Noun
The act of revoking.
8. Noun
the mistake of not following suit when able to do so
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