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English Dictionary: irrevocable by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
irrevocable
adj
  1. incapable of being retracted or revoked; "firm and irrevocable is my doom"- Shakespeare
    Synonym(s): irrevocable, irrevokable
    Antonym(s): revocable, revokable
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Irrevocable \Ir*rev"o*ca*ble\, a. [L. irrevocabilis: cf. F.
      irr[82]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.
  
               Firm and irrevocable is my doom.            --Shak.
      -- {Ir*rev"o*ca*ble*ness}, n. -- {Ir*rev"o*ca*bly}, adv.
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