[rɪˈvəʊk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- officially cancel (a decree, decision, or promise)
(e.g: the men appealed and the sentence was revoked)

- (in bridge, whist, and other card games) fail to follow suit despite being able to do so


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French revoquer or Latin revocare, from re- ‘back’ + vocare ‘to call’