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irrevocable

adj
/ɪˈɹɛvəkəbəl/UK/iˈɹɛvəkəbəl/US

Etymology

From Middle French irrévocable, from Latin irrevocabilis; equivalent to ir- + revoke + -able.

  1. derived from irrevocabilis
  2. borrowed from irrévocable

Definitions

  1. Unable to be retracted or reversed

    Unable to be retracted or reversed; final.

    • Firm and irrevocable is my doom Which I have pass'd upon her; she is banish'd.
    • 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.
    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for irrevocable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA