REVOKE

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 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. cancel officially

  Familiarity information: REVOKE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REVOKE (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Derivation:

revoke (fail to follow suit when able and required to do so)

• REVOKE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they revoke    ... he / she / it revokes   
Past simple: revoked   
Past participle: revoked   
-ing form: revoking   

Sense 1

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

Derivation:

revoke (the mistake of not following suit when able to do so)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cancel officially

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

annul; countermand; lift; overturn; repeal; rescind; reverse; revoke; vacate

Context example:

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

Derivation:

revocation (the act (by someone having the authority) of annulling something previously done)

 Context examples 

Thus I might proclaim myself a madman, but not revoke the sentence passed upon my wretched victim.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Duties include accepts/rejects membership to an account, assigns and edits access permissions and resets/revokes user passwords.

(Account Administrator, NCI Thesaurus)

An authorization must include following mandatory elements: a description of the information that will be released and for what purposes; a description of any information that will not be disclosed, if applicable; a list of who will disclose the information and to whom; an expiration date for the disclosure; a statement that the authorization can be revoked; a statement that disclosed information may be re-disclosed and no longer protected; a statement that if the individual does not provide an authorization, he may not be able to receive the intended intervention; the date and subject's signature.

(Authorization for Release of Confidential Health Information, NCI Thesaurus)