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Antonyms for revocable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : rev-uh-kuh-buh l or, often, ri-voh-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛv ə kə bəl or, often, rɪˈvoʊ-



Definition of revocable

Origin :
  • late 15c., from Old French revocable or directly from Latin revocabilis "that may be revoked," from revocare (see revoke). Alternative revokable attested from 1580s.
  • As in changeable : adj erratic
Example sentences :
  • An offer is a revocable and unaccepted communication of willingness to promise.
  • Extract from : « The Common Law » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  • Besides, this part of the agreement was revocable at my pleasure.
  • Extract from : « Four Years in France » by Henry Digby Beste
  • He would know, presently, when the revocable should have become the irrevocable.
  • Extract from : « The Price » by Francis Lynde
  • A week, but a short week, to come, before my fate is irrevocably fixed; or revocable only by the hand of death!
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of Miss Sidney Biddulph » by Frances Sheridan
  • In our lay convent whatever each monk possesses is only a revocable gift by the convent.
  • Extract from : « The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 1 (of 6) » by Hippolyte A. Taine
  • In the northeastern, or Frisian portion, however; the grants of land were never in the form of revocable benefices or feuds.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume I.(of III) 1555-66 » by John Lothrop Motley
  • A man is bound above all things to protect those who depend on him from his own immature or revocable impulses.
  • Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • The exercise of powers that were defined and limited, that were temporary and revocable, called for scrutiny and direct control.
  • Extract from : « Lectures on the French Revolution » by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
  • There can be no dower in a mere personal privilege, or in a revocable license pertaining to land.
  • Extract from : « Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman » by Albert Sidney Bolles
  • Every contract on a negotiable note is incomplete and revocable until its delivery.
  • Extract from : « Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman » by Albert Sidney Bolles

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