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irrevocable
(redirected from irrevocableness)

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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 [ɪˈrɛvəkəbəl]
adj
not able to be revoked, changed, or undone; unalterable
irrevocability , irrevocableness n
irrevocably  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.irrevocable - incapable of being retracted or revoked; "firm and irrevocable is my doom"- Shakespeare
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 He said the decision was irrevocable.
Quotations
"The moving finger writes; and having writ,"
"Moves on; nor all thy piety nor wit"
"Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,"
"Nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." [Edward Fitzgerald Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam]
"One cannot step twice into the same river" [Heraclitus]
Translations
irrevocable [ɪˈrevəkəbl] ADJ [decision] → irrevocable
irrevocable [ɪˈrɛvəkəbəl] adj [decision] → irrévocable
irrevocable
adj, irrevocably
irrevocable [ɪˈrɛvəkəbl] adjirrevocabile
irrevocable [ɪˈrɛvəkəbl] adjirrevocabile


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