irrevocable
adjective
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Irrevocable and Trusts
Irrevocable has a formal sound to it and is often used in legal contexts. Irrevocable trusts are trust funds that cannot be dissolved by the people who created them (the other kind is a revocable trust). An irrevocable credit is an absolute obligation from a bank to provide credit to a customer. Irrevocable gifts, under U.S. tax law, are gifts that are given by one living person to another and can't be reclaimed by the giver. But the word isn't always legal; we've all had to make irrevocable decisions, decisions that commit us absolutely to something.
Examples of irrevocable in a Sentence
Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2025
Often, the new trust will be irrevocable, meaning the child cannot change it, or it can only be amended with the consent of a third party, such as the child’s parent.
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—Christine Fletcher, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Just as with paper ballots, which are irrevocable once sent to the Inspector Of Elections, electronic votes are also irrevocable.
—Kelly G. Richardson, Orange County Register, 21 Feb. 2025
But to Nansi Guevara, a visual artist in Brownsville, the rocket-making complex is an irrevocable disruption to the shorebirds, ocelots and endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles that nest in the Rio Grande delta.
—Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Irrevocable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irrevocable. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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