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
Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
The idea is that sudden and potentially irrevocable change can be a good thing, too.
—Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Murdoch attempted to change the terms of the trust (even though it was supposed to be more or less irrevocable) to enshrine Lachlan’s control; the other children mounted a legal challenge.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2025
But his other adult children were not on board with the plan, forcing an effort to change the irrevocable trust to a Nevada courtroom.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Irrevocable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irrevocable. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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