A renege; a violation of important rules regarding the play of tricks in trick-taking card games serious enough to render the round invalid
A violation ranked in seriousness somewhat below overt cheating, with the status of a more minor offense only because, when it happens, it is usually accidental
When people in authority revoke something such as a licence, a law, or an agreement, they cancel it. The government revoked her husband's license to operate migrant labor crews. + revocation revo·ca·tion The Montserrat government announced its revocation of 311 banking licences. to officially state that a law, decision, or agreement is no longer effective revocation (revoquer, from revocare )
(2 syl ) When a player at cards can follow suit, but plays some other card, he makes a revoke, and by the laws of whist the adversaries are entitled to score three points “Good heaven! Revoke? Remember, if the set Be lost, in honour you should pay the debt ” Crabbe: Borough Revulsion (in philosophy) Part of a substance set off and formed into a distinct existence; as when a slip is cut from a tree and planted to form a distinct plant of itself Tertullian the Montanist taught that the second person of the Trinity was a revulsion of the Father (Latin, revulsio, re-vello, to pull back )
to fail to follow suit when you actually hold one or more cards in the suit led This is a violation of bridge rules The Cards in Your Hand Honors -- Ace, King, Queen, Jack (and sometimes Ten)
{i} failure to play a card of the proper suit when it is possible to do so (Cards); cancellation, annulment, retraction, act of revoking
To recall a power or authority previously conferred, or annul, repeal, rescind or cancel privileges or registration In the case of Commodity Futures Trading Commission registration proceedings, to take away a previously granted registration
the mistake of not following suit when able to do so annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
The play of a card of another suit by a player who is able to follow suit or to comply with a lead penalty
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
An instrument which takes away certain powers or privileges of an individual who had been given certain powers or privileges Example: the revocation of power of attorney where the person who had previously been given power has had that power revoked by the party who originally gave him the power
For several reasons a certificate may need to be revoked, i e need to be declared invalid prior to the expiration of the validity period Circumstances which might cause a certificate revocation could be, e g , if the holder's name changes, if association between subject and CA changes, if the secret key is compromised or is suspected to be compromised, or if the holder misuses his certificate
A process by which a granted patent can be annulled This can happen because it is demonstrated that the patent does not satisfy one of the patentability criteria - but it can also occur for other reasons
The act by which one, having the right, annuls an act done, a power or authority given, or a license, gift, or benefit conferred; repeal; reversal; as, the revocation of an edict, a power, a will, or a license
Generally, an action that cancels a previous official act; specifically, an action that cancels a withdrawal Revocation is usually done in conjunction with restoration, which opens the public lands
[ ri-'vOk ] (verb.) 14th century. Middle English, from Middle French revoquer, from Latin revocare, from re- + vocare to call, from voc-, vox voice; more at VOICE.