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)
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"
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
{f} cancel, annul, repeal, retract; fail to play a card of proper suit when it is possible to do so (Cards)
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[ 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.