Antonyms for revocable
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : rev-uh-kuh-buh l or, often, ri-voh- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛv ə kə bəl or, often, rɪˈvoʊ- |
Definition of revocable
Origin :- late 15c., from Old French revocable or directly from Latin revocabilis "that may be revoked," from revocare (see revoke). Alternative revokable attested from 1580s.
- As in changeable : adj erratic
- An offer is a revocable and unaccepted communication of willingness to promise.
- Extract from : « The Common Law » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
- Besides, this part of the agreement was revocable at my pleasure.
- Extract from : « Four Years in France » by Henry Digby Beste
- He would know, presently, when the revocable should have become the irrevocable.
- Extract from : « The Price » by Francis Lynde
- A week, but a short week, to come, before my fate is irrevocably fixed; or revocable only by the hand of death!
- Extract from : « Memoirs of Miss Sidney Biddulph » by Frances Sheridan
- In our lay convent whatever each monk possesses is only a revocable gift by the convent.
- Extract from : « The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 1 (of 6) » by Hippolyte A. Taine
- In the northeastern, or Frisian portion, however; the grants of land were never in the form of revocable benefices or feuds.
- Extract from : « The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume I.(of III) 1555-66 » by John Lothrop Motley
- A man is bound above all things to protect those who depend on him from his own immature or revocable impulses.
- Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- The exercise of powers that were defined and limited, that were temporary and revocable, called for scrutiny and direct control.
- Extract from : « Lectures on the French Revolution » by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
- There can be no dower in a mere personal privilege, or in a revocable license pertaining to land.
- Extract from : « Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman » by Albert Sidney Bolles
- Every contract on a negotiable note is incomplete and revocable until its delivery.
- Extract from : « Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman » by Albert Sidney Bolles
Synonyms for revocable
- agitated
- capricious
- changeful
- commutative
- convertible
- fickle
- fitful
- flighty
- fluctuating
- fluid
- impulsive
- inconstant
- indecisive
- irregular
- irresolute
- irresponsible
- kaleidoscopic
- mercurial
- mobile
- movable
- mutable
- permutable
- protean
- restless
- reversible
- revocable
- shifting
- skittish
- spasmodic
- transformable
- transitional
- uncertain
- unpredictable
- unreliable
- unsettled
- unstable
- unsteady
- vacillating
- vagrant
- variable
- variant
- varying
- versatile
- volatile
- wavering
- whimsical
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