inexorability

in·ex·o·ra·ble

 (ĭn-ĕk′sər-ə-bəl)

adj.

1. Impossible to stop, alter, or resist; inevitable: an inexorable fate; an inexorable law of nature.

2. Not capable of being persuaded by entreaty; relentless: an inexorable opponent.

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[Latin inexōrābilis : in-, not; see in-¹ + exōrābilis, pliant (from exōrāre, to prevail upon : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + ōrāre, to argue).]

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in·ex′o·ra·bil′i·ty, in·ex′o·ra·ble·ness n.

in·ex′o·ra·bly adv.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

inexorability - mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up; "the relentlessness or their pursuit" inexorableness, relentlessness unmercifulness, mercilessness - inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving

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inexorability

noun

The quality or state of being stubbornly inflexible:

die-hardism, grimness, implacability, implacableness, incompliance, incompliancy, inexorableness, inflexibility, inflexibleness, intransigence, intransigency, obduracy, obdurateness, relentlessness, remorselessness, rigidity, rigidness, stubbornness.

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