irrevocable.

Not open to withdrawal, cancellation or reversal by the relevant power under the stated conditions.

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Words that belong together

• irrevocable commitment
• irrevocable consent

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The instrument created an irrevocable commitment under its stated terms.

The analysis asked whether consent was genuinely irrevocable under the governing rules.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Normally non-gradable for a specified formal status; compare degree only where the context genuinely concerns a gradable capacity or characteristic. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: status distinction, institutional analysis, scope qualification, rights analysis. Disciplines: formal writing, institutional procedures, legal-administrative language. Commonness: moderately common.