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irrevocable

[ih-rev-uh-kuh-buhl] Origin

ir·rev·o·ca·ble

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not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin 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
non·ir·rev·o·ca·bil·i·ty, noun
non·ir·rev·o·ca·ble, adjective
non·ir·rev·o·ca·ble·ness, noun
EXPAND
non·ir·rev·o·ca·b·ly, adverb
COLLAPSE
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irrevocable (ɪˈrɛvəkəbəl)
 
adj
not able to be revoked, changed, or undone; unalterable
 
irrevoca'bility
 
n
 
ir'revocableness
 
n
 
ir'revocably
 
adv

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Word Origin & History

irrevocable
late 14c., from L. irrevocabilis "that cannot be recalled," from in- "not" + revocabilis (see revoke).
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