Definition of Revoke

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Revoke

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.

To fail to follow suit when holding a card of the suit led, in violation of the rule of the game; to renege.

The act of revoking.

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Revoke Translations

revoke in German is widerrufen
revoke in Latin is induco, revoco
revoke in Spanish is revocar

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