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fait accompli

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fait ac·com·pli  (ftä-kô-pl, ftä-)
n. pl. faits ac·com·plis (ftä-kô-pl, -plz, ftä-)
An accomplished, presumably irreversible deed or fact.
[French : fait, fact + accompli, accomplished.]
fait accompli [fate ak-kom-plee]
Noun
something already done and beyond alteration: they had to accept the invasion as a fait accompli [French]
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Noun1.fait accomplifait accompli - an irreversible accomplishment
accomplished fact
accomplishment, achievement - the action of accomplishing something
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Europe adjusts itself to a fait accompli, and so does an individual character--until the placid adjustment is disturbed by a convulsive retribution.
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