To recall; to repeal; to reverse. A law, decree or sentence is revoked by the same authority which enacted or passed it. A charter or grant which vests rights in a corporation, cannot be legally revoked without the consent of the corporation. A devise may be revoked by the devisor, a use by the grantor, and a will be the testator.

To check; to repress; as, to revoke rage.

To draw back. Seas are troubled when they do revoke their flowing waves into themselves again.

To renounce at cards.

The act of renouncing at cards.