irrevocable

Etymology

From Middle French [Term?], from Old French [Term?], from Latin irrevocabilis; equivalent to ir- + revoke + -able.

adj

  1. Unable to be retracted or reversed; final.
    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. 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
    Once again, Mario Cipollini has announced his definite, absolute, unswerving and irrevocable decision to retire, and this time he means it. Probably. April 28 2005, Samuel Abt, “Cycling: Cipo retires. Definitely. Absolutely. Yes. Probably”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-04-27

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