Irrevocability


[ih-rev-uh-kuh-buh l] /ɪˈrɛv ə kə bəl/

adjective
1.
not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable:
an irrevocable decree.
/ɪˈrɛvəkəbəl/
adjective
1.
not able to be revoked, changed, or undone; unalterable
adj.

also irrevokable, late 14c., from Latin irrevocabilis “that cannot be recalled, unalterable,” from assimilated form of in- “not, opposite of” (see in- (1)) + revocabilis (see revoke). Related: Irrevocably.

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