irrevocable Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective incapable of being retracted or revoked
    irrevokable.
    • firm and irrevocable is my doom"- Shakespeare

WordNet


Ir*rev"o*ca*ble adjective
Etymology
L. irrevocabilis: cf. F. irrévocable. See In- not, and Revoke, and cf. Irrevocable.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913