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
Anne-Lyse Ngatta, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Honestly, the fact that these ballet heels are more than approved by one of the most prolific young actors on the scene is irrevocable proof that age doesn't matter at all in fashion.
—María Munsuri, Glamour, 27 Apr. 2025
Regardless of the ultimate verdict, jurors in the Madigan trial saw irrevocable proof of Springfield’s messy overlap of money, special interests, power politics and extraordinarily cozy relationships between lawmakers and lobbyists.
—Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
In contrast to the discussions above concerning trusts under wills or revocable trusts where the testator creating the will or settlor creating the trust is still alive and can readily modify the document, an old irrevocable trust may not be modified.
—Martin Shenkman, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
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“Irrevocable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irrevocable. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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