REVOKE
Dictionary entry overview: What does revoke mean?
• REVOKE (noun)
The noun REVOKE has 1 sense:
1. the mistake of not following suit when able to do so
Familiarity information: REVOKE used as a noun is very rare.
• REVOKE (verb)
The verb REVOKE has 2 senses:
1. fail to follow suit when able and required to do so
2. annul by recalling or rescinding
Familiarity information: REVOKE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• REVOKE (noun)
Meaning:
The mistake of not following suit when able to do so
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
renege; revoke
Hypernyms ("revoke" is a kind of...):
error; fault; mistake (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention)
Holonyms ("revoke" is a part of...):
card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)
• REVOKE (verb)
Meaning:
Fail to follow suit when able and required to do so
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "revoke" is one way to...):
play (participate in games or sport)
Domain category:
card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Annul by recalling or rescinding
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
rescind; repeal; countermand; annul; revoke; vacate; reverse; overturn; lift
Context examples:
He revoked the ban on smoking / lift an embargo / vacate a death sentence
Hypernyms (to "revoke" is one way to...):
cancel; strike down (declare null and void; make ineffective)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "revoke"):
go back on; renege; renege on; renegue on (fail to fulfill a promise or obligation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
