Revoke

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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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