irrevokable
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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Adjective: - Incapable of being retracted, withdrawn, or undone: Describes a decision, action, or state that is final and cannot be changed, canceled, or called back.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- Revocable: Capable of being canceled or withdrawn.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
- incapable of being retracted or revoked
- firm and irrevocable is my doom- Shakespeare