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irrevocable - 5 dictionary results

ir⋅rev⋅o⋅ca⋅ble

[i-rev-uh-kuh-buhl]
–adjective
not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L irrevocābilis. See ir- 2 , revocable


ir⋅rev⋅o⋅ca⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, ir⋅rev⋅o⋅ca⋅ble⋅ness, noun
ir⋅rev⋅o⋅ca⋅bly, adverb
ir·rev·o·ca·ble   (ĭ-rěv'ə-kə-bəl)   
adj.  Impossible to retract or revoke: an irrevocable decision.
ir·rev'o·ca·bil'i·ty, ir·rev'o·ca·ble·ness n., ir·rev'o·ca·bly adv.

Irrevocable

Ir*rev"o*ca*ble\, a. [L. irrevocabilis: cf. F. irr['e]vocable. 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.

Firm and irrevocable is my doom. --Shak. -- Ir*rev"o*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ir*rev"o*ca*bly, adv.
Language Translation for : irrevocable
Spanish: definitivo, irrevocable,
German: starr,
Japanese: 厳重な

irrevocable 
1382, from L. irrevocabilis "that cannot be recalled," from in- "not" + revocabilis (see revoke).

Main Entry: ir·rev·o·ca·ble
Pronunciation: ir-'re-v&-k&-b&l
Function: adjective
: not capable of being revoked irrevocable for ten days> —ir·rev·o·ca·bil·i·ty nounir·rev·o·ca·bly adverb
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