∙ 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.