transitive. To annul, repeal, rescind (a decree, will, privilege, etc.); to cancel (an order, appointment, office, etc.). Also intransitive.

transitive. To cancel (an engagement, event, agreement, etc.).

To reverse or annul by revoting.

intransitive. To move or step back or aside; to retreat, withdraw (literal and figurative). Later esp.: to become separated from a group or…

intransitive. Of a Roman magistrate: to announce an unfavourable omen (and thus prevent, stop, or render void, some public transaction).