To call back; summon back; cause to return.To bring back to consciousness; revive; resuscitate.To call back to memory; recall to mind.To annul by recalling or taking back; make void; cancel; repeal; reverse: as, to revoke a will; to revoke a privilege.To restrain; repress; check.To give up; renounce.Synonyms Recant, Abjure, etc. (see renounce); Repeal, Rescind, etc. (see abolish).To recall a right or privilege conceded in a previous act or promise.In card-playing, to neglect to follow suit when the player can and should do so.n. Revocation; recall.n. In card-playing, the act of revoking; a failure to follow suit when the player can and Should do so.