revocable
pronunciation
How to pronounce revocable in British English:
UK ['revəkəbl]
How to pronounce revocable in American English:
US ['revəkəbəl]
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- Adjective:
- capable of being revoked or annulled
Word Origin
- revocable (adj.)
- late 15c., from Old French revocable or directly from Latin revocabilis "that may be revoked," from revocare (see revoke). Alternative revokable attested from 1580s.
Antonym
Example
- 1. The credit shall be deemed to be revocable .
- 2. A credit may be either revocable or irrevocable .
- 3. Three things in life can never be revocable -- time , opportunity , and words have been said .
- 4. Trusts can be revocable or irrevocable .
- 5. On the perfection of revocable marriage system .