Definition

1. Verb:

   • To cancel officially or annul: To officially withdraw or put an end to the validity of a law, order, agreement, or privilege.
   • To fail to follow suit in a card game: In games like bridge or whist, to not play a card of the suit led when one is able and required to do so.

2. Noun:

   • An act of revoking in a card game: The act of failing to follow suit when one is able to do so, which is a violation of the rules.

Usage Examples

• Verb (to cancel officially):
  • The government decided to revoke his passport.
  • The university can revoke a degree if fraud is discovered.
• Verb (in card games):
  • He accidentally revoked, which gave the opponents a penalty.
• Noun (in card games):
  • The revoke cost their team the match.

Advanced Usage

• "to have one's license revoked": To have one's official permission (e.g., to drive, practice a profession) taken away by an authority.
  • He had his driver's license revoked for repeated offenses.
• "power to revoke": The legal or official authority to cancel something.
  • The committee has the power to revoke membership.

Variants and Related Words

• Revocation (n): The official act of revoking or the state of being revoked.
  • The revocation of the treaty caused a diplomatic crisis.
• Revocable (adj): Capable of being revoked.
  • The offer is revocable until the end of the month.

Synonyms

• Verb (to cancel): Annul, rescind, repeal, cancel, invalidate, withdraw.
• Verb (in cards): Renounce (in specific contexts).

Antonyms

• Verb (to cancel): Enact, ratify, confirm, uphold, authorize.

Related Phrases

• "revoke an order": To cancel a command or instruction.
  • The general had to revoke the order due to new intelligence.
• "claim a revoke": In card games, to formally point out an opponent's failure to follow suit.
  • You must claim a revoke before the next trick is played.

Noun

1. the mistake of not following suit when able to do so

Verb

1. cancel officially
   • He revoked the ban on smoking
   • lift an embargo
   • vacate a death sentence
2. fail to follow suit when able and required to do so