Definition of Revocable

1. Adjective. Capable of being revoked or annulled. "A revocable order"

Exact synonyms: Revokable
Similar to: Rescindable, Voidable, Reversible
Antonyms: Irrevocable

Definition of Revocable

1. a. Capable of being revoked; as, a revocable edict or grant; a revocable covenant.

Definition of Revocable

1. Adjective. Having the ability of being revoked; capable of being revoked. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Revocable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Revocable

revivified
revivifier
revivifiers
revivifies
revivify
revivifying
reviving
revivingly
revivings
reviviscence
reviviscences
reviviscent
revivor
revivors
revocability
revocable (current term)
revocableness
revocably
revocate
revocated
revocating
revocation
revocations
revocatory
revoice
revoiced
revoices
revoicing
revok't
revokability

Literary usage of Revocable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"Licenses in terms made revocable.—Where a license is made revocable in its terms, it must be conceded that there can be no constitutional claim to ..."

2. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"Licenses in terms made revocable.—Where a license is made revocable in its terms, it must be conceded that there can be no constitutional claim to ..."

3. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"Licenses in terms made revocable.—Where a license is made revocable in its terms, it must be conceded that there can be no constitutional claim to ..."

4. A Treatise on the Law of Easements by John Leybourn Goddard (1904)
"revocable and irrevocable licences. A few remarks are demanded in this chapter ... As a general rule, licences are revocable at the will of the grantor, ..."

5. A Handbook of Husband and Wife According to the Law of Scotland by Frederick Parker Walton (1893)
"Donations by betrothed persons to each other are not revocable.—And the same would be held of donations between spouses whose marriage had been severed by ..."

6. Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia by John Bouvier, Francis Rawle (1914)
"Licenses are of two kinds, simple or revocable, and coupled with a grant or Irrevocable. Simple licenses are revocable at the will of the grantor; Cook v. ..."

7. A Treatise on the Law of Railroads by Horace Gay Wood (1885)
"157, it was held that a license by deed or parol is always revocable, ... 464, it was held that a parol license to cross a man's farm is revocable at any ..."

8. A General Abridgment and Digest of American Law: With Occasional Notes and by Nathan Dane (1824)
"Powers when revocable or not. A power of attorney Ch. 135. executed for a valuable consideration cannot be revoked, nor Art. 6. if it be to receive an ..."

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