revoke Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun the mistake of not following suit when able to do so
renege.
verb fail to follow suit when able and required to do so
verb cancel officially
annul; reverse; countermand; lift; vacate; overturn; repeal; rescind.
- He revoked the ban on smoking
- lift an embargo
- vacate a death sentence

F. révoquer, L. revocare; pref. re- re- + vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, voice. See Voice, and cf. Revocate.

imperfect & past participle Revoked ;present participle & verbal noun Revoking

To call or bring back; to recall. Obs.
The faint sprite he did revoke again, To her frail mansion of morality. Spenser.
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. Shak.
To hold back; to repress; to restrain. Obs.
[She] still strove their sudden rages to revoke. Spenser.
To draw back; to withdraw. Obs. Spenser.
To call back to mind; to recollect. Obs.
A man, by revoking and recollecting within himself former passages, will be still apt to inculcate these sad memoris to his conscience. South.
Syn. -- To abolish; recall; repeal; rescind; countermand; annul; abrogate; cancel; reverse. See Abolish.

(Card Playing) To fail to follow suit when holding a card of the suit led, in violation of the rule of the game; to renege. Hoyle.

(Card Playing) The act of revoking.
She [Sarah Battle] never made a revoke. Lamb.