1.
[syn: irrevocable, irrevokable]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
Firm and irrevocable is my doom. --Shak.
-- Ir*rev"o*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ir*rev"o*ca*bly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
irrevocable
adj 1: incapable of being retracted or revoked; "firm and
irrevocable is my doom"- Shakespeare [syn: irrevocable,
irrevokable] [ant: revocable, revokable]