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Meaning of 'revoke' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Revoke [ n.]
- The act of revoking.
2 . 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.
3 . Revoke [ v. t.]
- To call or bring back; to recall.
- 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.
- To hold back; to repress; to restrain.
- To draw back; to withdraw.
- To call back to mind; to recollect.

Meaning of 'revoke' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . revoke [ v]
Meaning (1):
- cancel officially
Example in sentence:
  • He revoked the ban on smoking;
  • lift an embargo;
  • vacate a death sentence

Nearby Words:

revaccinate revalescence revalescent revaluation revamp reve reveal revealability revealable revealed

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