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revoke
Verb
  • To cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing transitive
  • To fail to follow suit in a game of cards when holding a card in that suit. intransitive
  • To call or bring back; to recall. obsolete
  • To hold back; to repress; to restrain. obsolete
  • To draw back; to withdraw. obsolete
  • To call back to mind; to recollect. obsolete
Noun
  • The act of revoking in a game of cards.
  • A renege; a violation of important rules regarding the play of tricks in trick-taking card games serious enough to render the round invalid.
  • 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.