| VERB | competition | revoke | fail to follow suit when able and required to do so |
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| communication | revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate | cancel officially | |
| NOUN | act | revoke, renege | the mistake of not following suit when able to do so |
| Sounds | rihvow'k; riyvow'k | |
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| Rhymes | artichoke ... yolk: 36 rhymes with owk... | |
| Meaning | The mistake of not following suit when able to do so. | |
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| Synonym | renege | |
| Part of | card game, cards | A game / game played with playing cards |
| Broader | mistake, error, fault | A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention |
| Verbs | revoke | fail to follow suit when able and required to do so |
| Meaning | fail to follow suit when able and required to do so. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Category | card game, cards | A game / game played with playing cards |
| Broader | play | participate in games / games or sport |
| Nouns | revoke | the mistake of not following suit when able to do so |
| Meaning | Cancel officially. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "He revoked the ban on smoking" | |
| Synonyms | annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate | |
| Narrower | renege, renege on, renegue on, go back on | fail to fulfill a promise or obligation |
| Broader | cancel, strike down | declare null and void |
| Spanish | anular, cancelar, contradecir, dar una contraorden, derogar, invalidar, invertir, rescindir, retractar, revocar | |
| Catalan | anul·lar, derogar, invertir, revocar | |
| Nouns | revocation | the act (by someone having the authority) of annulling something previously done |
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