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revocable

revocable

3 7.5
Can be cancelled or changed later
  • adjective
  • /ˈrɛvəkəbl/
  • Specialized
: revocable
  • The new revocable permit presented to the Three Village Soccer Club accommodates both.
  • revocable contract

And if she reveals this key to Bob, now Bob can use Bob's key in this revocable key and Bob can get these coins immediately.

Examples

  • Additionally, the Gun Control Act of 1968 added revocable trusts and corporations to the list of entities that could purchase and possess NFA items.

    Academic text (2016)

  • As late as the 1950s and the 1960s, if a contract was drafted with an arbitration clause, that clause was revocable in half of the states at the will of either party.

    Academic text (1991)

  • OK, so this was the revocable transaction, right?

  • Locke regarded this type of contract as revocable.

    Blog text (33)

  • The Service Provider hereby grants you a revocable license to the Memory.

    Blog text (16)

  • Sheprow said from the university's standpoint, a five-year revocable permit is reasonable.

    Blog text (31)

  • As long as you are alive, you can change or cancel a revocable trust; once you die, it becomes irrevocable.

  • With a revocable living trust, you retain the right to change its provisions or terminate it.

  • A revocable trust allows you to modify its terms as needed during your lifetime.

Synonyms

recallable
vsrevocable
5.1

Something that can be taken back, for example a product or an official removed by vote

is broader, covering cancellation in many contexts
rescindable
vsrevocable
  • Formal
9.1

Able to be canceled by law

is more general and applies beyond formal legal action

Antonyms

permanent
650 3.2

Continuing for a long time and unlikely to change

irrevocable
14 8.1

Impossible to change or undo

How Permanent

irrevocable
14 8.1
permanent
650 3.2
reversible
14 3.9
revocable
  • Specialized
3 7.5
temporary
557 3.0

Surface Forms

revocable positive
revocably positive

Morphology

revocable = revoke (transparent) = revoke + able

The word transparently means 'able to be revoked,' with the standard adjective-forming suffix -able attached to the verb revoke.

Etymology

Revocable comes from the Latin parts re- 'back' and vocare 'to call'. So something revocable can be 'called back' or taken away, like a permission you can cancel, and the same root appears in vocal and 'voice'.