Revoke

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing: Her license was revoked.
  • verb-intransitive. Games To fail to follow suit in cards when required and able to do so.
  • n. Games Failure to follow suit in a card game when required and able to do so.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing
  • v. To fail to follow suit in a game of cards when holding a card in that suit.
  • n. The act of revoking in a game of cards.
  • n. A renege; a violation of important rules regarding the play of tricks in trick-taking card games serious enough to render the round invalid.
  • n. 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To call or bring back; to recall.
  • v. Hence, to annul, by recalling or taking back; to repeal; to rescind; to cancel; to reverse, as anything granted by a special act.
  • v. To hold back; to repress; to restrain.
  • v. To draw back; to withdraw.
  • v. To call back to mind; to recollect.
  • verb-intransitive. To fail to follow suit when holding a card of the suit led, in violation of the rule of the game; to renege.
  • n. The act of revoking.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. cancel officially
  • v. fail to follow suit when able and required to do so
  • n. the mistake of not following suit when able to do so
  • Antonym
    enact   
    Verb Form
    revoked    revokes    revoking   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    play    mistake    error    fault   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    reverse    repeal    recall    abrogate    cancel    annul    countermand    rescind    abolish    repress   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Baroque    Coke    Koch    Polk    Stoke    Wouk    awoke    baroque    bloke    boak