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revoke.

To cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɹɪˈvoʊk/General-American/ɹɪˈvəʊk/Received-Pronunciation/rɪˈvəʊk/Received-Pronunciation
  1. To cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing.

    transitive
    Your driver's license will be revoked.
    I hereby revoke all former wills.
  2. To fail to follow suit in a game of cards when holding a card in that suit.

    intransitive
  3. To call or bring back.

    obsolete
  4. To hold back.

    obsolete
  5. To move (something) back or away.

    obsolete
  6. To call back to mind.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle French révoquer, from Latin revocare, from re- + voco, vocare. Doublet of revocate.

noun/ɹɪˈvoʊk/General-American/ɹɪˈvəʊk/Received-Pronunciation/rɪˈvəʊk/Received-Pronunciation
  1. The act of revoking in a game of cards.

  2. A renege; a violation of important rules regarding the play of tricks in trick-taking card games serious enough to render the round invalid.

  3. 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.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle French révoquer, from Latin revocare, from re- + voco, vocare. Doublet of revocate.

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