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irrevocable

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ir·rev·o·ca·ble  (-rv-k-bl)
adj.
Impossible to retract or revoke: an irrevocable decision.
ir·revo·ca·bili·ty, ir·revo·ca·ble·ness n.
ir·revo·ca·bly adv.
irrevocable
Adjective
not possible to change or undo
irrevocably adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.irrevocable - incapable of being retracted or revoked; "firm and irrevocable is my doom"- Shakespeare
irrevokable
revocable, revokable - capable of being revoked or annulled; "a revocable order"
irrevocable
adjective fixed, settled, irreversible, fated, predetermined, immutable, invariable, irretrievable, predestined, unalterable, unchangeable, changeless, irremediable, unreversible
Translations
irrevocable [ɪˈrɛvəkəbl] adj → irrevocable
irrevocable [ɪˈrɛvəkəbl] adj → irrévocable
irrevocable [ɪˈrɛvəkəbl] adj → unwiderruflich
irrevocable [ɪˈrɛvəkəbl] adj → irrevocabile


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I say brave, for I am always struck by the courage of the two who thus gaily leap into the gulf of the unknown together, thus join hands over the inevitable, and put their signatures to the irrevocable.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
That's my advice: never marry till you can say to yourself that you have done all you are capable of, and until you have ceased to love the woman of your choice and have seen her plainly as she is, or else you will make a cruel and irrevocable mistake.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
In a boy's way I knew it well when I was ten, and a few years ago, when I was fifty, I took it up in the admirable new version of Ormsby, and found it so full of myself and of my own irrevocable past that I did not find it very gay.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
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