irrevocable

ir·rev·o·ca·ble

 (ĭ-rĕv′ə-kə-bəl)

adj.

Impossible to retract or revoke: an irrevocable decision.

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ir·rev′o·ca·bil′i·ty, ir·rev′o·ca·ble·ness n.

ir·rev′o·ca·bly adv.

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irrevocable

(ɪˈrɛvəkəbəl)

adj

not able to be revoked, changed, or undone; unalterable

irˌrevocaˈbility, irˈrevocableness n

irˈrevocably adv

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ir•rev•o•ca•ble

(ɪˈrɛv ə kə bəl)

adj.

not to be revoked or recalled; unalterable: an irrevocable commitment to quality.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin]

ir•rev`o•ca•bil′i•ty, n.

ir•rev′o•ca•bly, adv.

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Thesaurus

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"

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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]

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irrevocable

adjective

That cannot be revoked or undone:

irreversible, unalterable.

Idiom: beyond recall.

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Translations

unumstößlich

αμετάκλητος

irrevocabile

irrevogável

irrevocable

[ɪˈrevəkəbl] ADJ [decision] → irrevocable

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irrevocable

[ɪˈrɛvəkəb^əl] adj [decision] → irrévocable

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

irrevocable

adj, irrevocably

adv → unwiderruflich

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irrevocable

[ɪˈrɛvəkəbl] adj → irrevocabile

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