irrevocable
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ɪˈɹɛvəkəb(ə)l/
Adjective

irrevocable (not comparable)

  1. Unable to be retracted or reversed; final.
    • circa 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.
    • 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
  • German: unwiderruflich
  • Portuguese: irrevocável
  • Russian: неизме́нный
  • Spanish: irrevocable



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