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Irrevocable

Ir-rev′o-ca-ble

,
Adj.
[L.
irrevocabilis
: cf. F.
irrévocable
. See
In-
not, and
Revoke
, and cf.
Irrevocable
.]
Incapable of being recalled or revoked; unchangeable; irreversible; unalterable;
as, an
irrevocable
promise or decree;
irrevocable
fate.
Ir-rev′o-ca-ble-ness
,
Noun.
Ir-rev′o-ca-bly
,
adv.

Definition 2024


irrevocable

irrevocable

See also: irrévocable

English

Adjective

irrevocable (not comparable)

  1. Unable to be retracted or reversed; final.
    • c. 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It act 1, scene 3:
      Firm and irrevocable is my doom
      Which I have pass'd upon her; she is banish'd.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
      I have talked thus to you, child, not to insult you for what is past and irrevocable, but to caution and strengthen you for the future.
    • 1848, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, chapter 61:
      On each face, wonder and fear were painted vividly; each so still and silent, looking at the other over the black gulf of the irrevocable past.
    • 2005 April 28, Samuel Abt, "Cycling: Cipo retires. Definitely. Absolutely. Yes. Probably," New York Times (retrieved 27 April 2014):
      Once again, Mario Cipollini has announced his definite, absolute, unswerving and irrevocable decision to retire, and this time he means it. Probably.

Translations


Spanish

Adjective

irrevocable m, f (plural irrevocables)

  1. irrevocable