revocable
- adjective
- /ˈrɛvəkəbl/
- Specialized
- 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.
- 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
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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?
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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.
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As long as you are alive, you can change or cancel a revocable trust; once you die, it becomes irrevocable.
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With a revocable living trust, you retain the right to change its provisions or terminate it.
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A revocable trust allows you to modify its terms as needed during your lifetime.
Synonyms
Something that can be taken back, for example a product or an official removed by vote
Able to be canceled by law
Antonyms
How Permanent
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
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'.