Definition

Adjective: - Incapable of being retracted, withdrawn, or undone: Describes a decision, action, or state that is final and cannot be changed, canceled, or called back.

Usage

The adjective "irrevokable" is used to describe something that is permanent and unalterable. It is a formal term often applied to legal decrees, official decisions, or profound commitments. - It typically modifies nouns like decision, decree, vow, action, change, or doom. - It is synonymous with "irreversible" but often carries a more formal or legal connotation.

Examples

• The judge issued an irrevokable order.
• Signing the contract was an irrevokable step.
• He made an irrevokable promise to support the cause.
• "Firm and irrevokable is my doom." (Shakespeare)

Advanced Usage

• "irrevokable letter of credit": A banking term for a guaranteed payment that cannot be canceled by the buyer.
• "irrevokable trust": A legal trust that cannot be modified or terminated by the person who created it (the grantor) without the permission of the beneficiary.

Variants and Related Words

• Irrevocable: This is the standard and far more common modern spelling of the word. "Irrevokable" is an accepted but less frequent variant.
• Irrevocably (adverb): In an irrevocable manner.
  • The decision affected him irrevocably.

Synonyms

• Irreversible: Not able to be undone or altered.
• Unalterable: Not capable of being changed.
• Final: Conclusive, not able to be changed.
• Binding: Imposing a legal or moral obligation that must be upheld.

Antonyms

• Revocable: Capable of being canceled or withdrawn.
• Reversible: Able to be changed back to a previous state.
• Temporary: Lasting for only a limited period; not permanent.

Adjective

1. incapable of being retracted or revoked
   • firm and irrevocable is my doom- Shakespeare