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1. (v.t.) revoke
to take back or withdraw; annul or cancel:
to revoke a license.
2. revoke
to bring or summon back.
3. (v.i.) revoke
to fail to follow suit in a card game when possible and required; renege.
4. (n.) revoke
an act or instance of revoking.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME < L revocāre to call again =re-re - +vocāre to call)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) revoke, renege
the mistake of not following suit when able to do so
2. (verb) revoke
fail to follow suit when able and required to do so
3. (verb) revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate
cancel officially
"He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
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1. (verb) revoke
to cancel a decision or right
a court ruling to revoke the death sentence
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) revoke
the act of revoking
2. (verb) revoke
to call or bring back; to recall
3. (verb) revoke
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
4. (verb) revoke
to hold back; to repress; to restrain
5. (verb) revoke
to draw back; to withdraw
6. (verb) revoke
to call back to mind; to recollect
7. (verb) revoke
to fail to follow suit when holding a card of the suit led, in violation of the rule of the game; to renege
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Sense: to change (a decision); to make (a law etc) no longer valid.
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 Afrikaans: intrek, kanselleer |
 Arabic: يُلْغي، يُبْطِل |
 Bulgarian: отменям |
 Brazilian: revogar |
 Czech: zrušit |
 German: widerrufen |
 Danish: annullere; ophæve |
 Greek: ακυρώνω, ανακαλώ, αναιρώ |
 Spanish: revocar |
 Estonian: tühistama |
 Farsi: لغو کردن؛ باطل کردن |
 Finnish: kumota |
 French: révoquer, abroger |
 Hebrew: לְבָטֵל |
 Hindi: रद्द करना |
 Croatian: opozvati, ukinuti |
 Hungarian: visszavon |
 Indonesian: mencabut |
 Icelandic: taka aftur, afturkalla, n |
 Italian: revocare, abrogare |
 Japanese: 取消す |
 Korean: 취소하다, 무효로 하다 |
 Lithuanian: atšaukti, panaikinti |
 Latvian: atcelt; atsaukt |
 Malay: menukar keputusan |
 Dutch: herroepen |
 Norwegian: gjøre om; inndra, oppheve |
 Polish: unieważnić, cofnąć |
 Persian: لغو کردن؛ باطل کردن |
 Pashto: منسوخول، لرى كول، لغوكول، |
 Portuguese: revogar |
 Romanian: a revoca; a abroga |
 Russian: отменять; аннулировать |
 Slovak: zrušiť, odvolať |
 Slovenian: preklicati |
 Serbian: opozvati |
 Swedish: återkalla, upphäva |
 Thai: เพิกถอน |
 Turkish: iptal etmek |
 Taiwanese: 撤銷(決定)，廢除(法律) |
 Ukrainian: скасовувати, анулювати |
 Urdu: منسوخ کرنا |
 Vietnamese: rút lại (quyết định); hủy |
 Chinese: 撤销，废除，宣告无效 |
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