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
Christine Michel Carter, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Some Trump officials continue to suggest this is merely the opening of a negotiation, while the President and others say the new tariff regime is irrevocable and righteous retaliation.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
Lynskey lauds his refusal to resort to the easy binary of irrevocable collapse or glorious triumph.
—Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
Traversing death, failure, pregnancy, irrevocable life changes and skyrocketing success, Zevin’s novel spotlights a complex friendship and the entanglements of love when a relationship is bound by a higher passion.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Irrevocable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irrevocable. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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