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irrevocable definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: incapable of being retracted or revoked; "firm and irrevocable is my doom"- Shakespeare [syn: irrevocable, irrevokable] [ant: revocable, revokable]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin irrevocabilis, from in- + revocabilis revocable Date: 14th century not possible to revoke ; unalterable <an irrevocable decision> • irrevocability noun • irrevocableness noun • irrevocably adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 unalterable. 2 gone beyond recall. Derivatives: irrevocability n. irrevocably adv. Etymology: ME f. L irrevocabilis (as IN-(1), REVOKE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Irrevocable Ir*rev"o*ca*ble, a. [L. irrevocabilis: cf. F. irr['e]vocable. See In- not, and Revoke, and cf. Irrevocable.] Incapable of being recalled or revoked; unchangeable; irreversible; unalterable; as, an irrevocable promise or decree; irrevocable fate. Firm and irrevocable is my doom. --Shak. -- Ir*rev"o*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ir*rev"o*ca*bly, adv.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If a decision, action, or change is irrevocable, it cannot be changed or reversed. (FORMAL) He said the decision was irrevocable. ADJ • irrevocably My relationships with friends have been irrevocably altered by my illness. ADV: usu ADV with v, also ADV adj

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Unchangeable. See irreversible, 1. 2. Incapable of recall or revocation.

Moby Thesaurus

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