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revocable

[ rev-uh-kuh-buhl or, often, ri-voh- ]
/ ˈrɛv ə kə bəl or, often, rɪˈvoʊ- /
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adjective
that may be revoked.
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Also re·vok·a·ble [ri-voh-kuh-buhl, rev-uh-]. /rɪˈvoʊ kə bəl, ˈrɛv ə-/.

Origin of revocable

From the Latin word revocābilis, dating back to 1490–1500. See revoke, -able

OTHER WORDS FROM revocable

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Words related to revocable

capricious, fickle, fluctuating, mercurial, protean, shifting, unpredictable, unsettled, unstable, varying, volatile, changeful, mutable, agitated, commutative, convertible, fitful, flighty, fluid, impulsive

British Dictionary definitions for revocable

revocable

revokable (rɪˈvəʊkəbəl)

/ (ˈrɛvəkəbəl) /
adjective
capable of being revoked; able to be cancelled

Derived forms of revocable

revocability or revokability, nounrevocably or revokably, adverb
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