Definition of revokes Revokes
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Wiktionary 
- revokes (Noun)
Plural of revoke.
Part of speech
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NounPlural: revokes |
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| revoke - the mistake of not following suit when able to do so | ||
| renege | ||
| mistake, error, fault a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults" | ||
| card game, cards a game played with playing cards | ||
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| revoke - cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" | ||
| annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate | ||
| strike down, cancel cause to die, especially suddenly; "The disease struck down many young men in the village" | ||
| go back on, renege, renege on, renegue on fail to fulfill a promise or obligation; "She backed out of her promise" | ||
| revoke - fail to follow suit when able and required to do so | ||
| play engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" | ||
| card game, cards a game played with playing cards | ||
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Wiktionary
- revoke (Noun)
The act of revoking in a game of cards. - revoke (Noun)
A renege; a violation of important rules regarding the play of tricks in trick-taking card games serious enough to render the round invalid. - revoke (Noun)
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. - revoke (Verb)
To cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing. - revoke (Verb)
To fail to follow suit in a game of cards when holding a card in that suit.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- revoke (v. t.)
To call or bring back; to recall. - revoke (v. t.)
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. - revoke (v. t.)
To hold back; to repress; to restrain. - revoke (v. t.)
To draw back; to withdraw. - revoke (v. t.)
To call back to mind; to recollect. - revoke (v. i.)
To fail to follow suit when holding a card of the suit led, in violation of the rule of the game; to renege. - revoke (n.)
The act of revoking.
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revoke
To cancel or eliminate officially.
