verb (used with object), re·voked, re·vok·ing.
- to take back or withdraw; annul, cancel, or reverse; rescind or repeal: to revoke a decree.
- to bring or summon back.
verb (used without object), re·voked, re·vok·ing.
- Cards. to fail to follow suit when possible and required; renege.
noun
- Cards. an act or instance of revoking.
verb
- (tr) to take back or withdraw; cancel; rescindto revoke a law
- (intr) cards to break a rule of play by failing to follow suit when able to do so; renege
noun
- cards the act of revoking; a renege
mid-14c., from Old French revoquer (13c.), from Latin revocare “rescind, call back,” from re- “back” (see re-) + vocare “to call” (see voice (n.)). Related: Revoked; revoking.