| revoke | | |
| n. (act) | 1. renege, revoke | the mistake of not following suit when able to do so. |
| ~ error, fault, mistake | a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention.; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults" |
| ~ card game, cards | a game played with playing cards. |
| v. (competition) | 2. revoke | fail to follow suit when able and required to do so. |
| ~ card game, cards | a game played with playing cards. |
| ~ play | participate in games or sport.; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches" |
| v. (communication) | 3. annul, countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate | cancel officially.; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" |
| ~ go back on, renege, renege on, renegue on | fail to fulfill a promise or obligation.; "She backed out of her promise" |
| ~ strike down, cancel | declare null and void; make ineffective.; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law" |
| retract | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. abjure, forswear, recant, resile, retract | formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure.; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" |
| ~ repudiate, disown, renounce | cast off.; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son" |
| v. (motion) | 2. retract, shrink back | pull away from a source of disgust or fear. |
| ~ cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, wince, shrink, squinch | draw back, as with fear or pain.; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" |
| v. (contact) | 3. draw back, pull back, retract | use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ). |
| ~ pull | apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion.; "Pull the rope"; "Pull the handle towards you"; "pull the string gently"; "pull the trigger of the gun"; "pull your knees towards your chin" |
| v. (contact) | 4. draw in, retract | pull inward or towards a center.; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws" |
| ~ attract, pull in, draw in, pull, draw | direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes.; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers" |
| ~ attract, pull in, draw in, pull, draw | direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes.; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers" |
| ~ introvert, invaginate | fold inwards.; "some organs can invaginate" |
| take back | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. bring back, return, take back | bring back to the point of departure. |
| ~ bring, convey, take | take something or somebody with oneself somewhere.; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point" |
| v. (possession) | 2. repossess, take back | regain possession of something. |
| ~ take | take into one's possession.; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" |
| v. (social) | 3. take back | resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband. |
| ~ relate | have or establish a relationship to.; "She relates well to her peers" |
| v. (motion) | 4. take back | move text to the previous line; in printing. |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| v. (communication) | 5. swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw | take back what one has said.; "He swallowed his words" |
| ~ repudiate, disown, renounce | cast off.; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son" |
| v. (cognition) | 6. take back | cause someone to remember the past.; "This photo takes me back to the good old days" |
| ~ remind | put in the mind of someone.; "Remind me to call Mother" |
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