单词 | revokable |
释义 | revokable (once / 1688473 pages) adj Revokable things can be cancelled. A revokable document can be changed or annulled by the person who creates it. You'll often see the adjective revokable in legal documents, although it's often spelled revocable. A revokable trust, for example, is a legal entity that holds a person's assets in order to simplify the person's will — and because it's revokable, anything specified in the trust can be changed later. Political power is also revokable — it can be taken away from elected officials through the impeachment process. WORD FAMILYrevokable: irrevokable+/irrevocable: irrevocably/revocable: irrevocable/revocation: revocations/revoke: revocable, revocation, revokable, revoked, revokes, revoking USAGE EXAMPLESWhat, you despair, now that power is revokable by the voice of our representatives, whom we select as the supreme judges of the executive power! Sue, Eug?ne, The Galley Slave's Ring—or The Fami...(2011) I had the following added to the definition: appointed by the Assembly and revokable by that body. Hugo, Victor, The Memoirs of Victor Hugo(2010) adj capable of being revoked or annulled Syn|Ant revocable rescindable, voidable capable of being rescinded or voided reversiblecapable of being reversed irrevocable, irrevokable incapable of being retracted or revoked sealeddetermined irrevocably |
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