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irrevocable

/ɪˈɹɛvəkəbəl/US/iˈɹɛvəkəbəl/

irrevocable adjective: unable to be retracted or reversed; final.

Adjective

irrevocable (not comparable)

  1. Unable to be retracted or reversed; final.
    • Firm and irrevocable is my doom
      Which I have pass'd upon her; she is banish'd.c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
    • 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.RQ:Fielding Tom Jones, (Please provide the book title or journal name)

irrevocable meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

irrevocable in Tamil

மாற்ற முடியாத, மாற்றமுடியாத, மாற்றமுடியாதது முறிக்கவியலாதது, மீட்டுப் பெற முடியாத

irrevocable in Urdu

ان پلٹ, اٹل, ناقابل واپسی

irrevocable in Bengali

অপরিবর্তনীয়, চূড়ান্ত

irrevocable in Malayalam

unchangeable, irreversible, unalternable
മാറ്റാനൊക്കാത്ത, ഗതി മാറ്റാനാകാത്ത, തിരിച്ചു വിളിക്കാനാകാത്ത, പിൻവലിക്കാനാവാത്ത, മാറ്റാനാവാത്ത, തടയാനാകാത്ത
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irrevocable in Kannada
ಮಾರ್ಪಡಿಸಲಾಗದ, ಹಿಂದಕ್ಕೆ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗದ, ಕೈ ಮೀರಿದ, ಕೊನೆಯ
irrevocable in Arabic
مُبْرَم mubram

Examples of irrevocable in a sentence

  • On each face, wonder and fear were painted vividly; each so still and silent, looking at the other over the black gulf of the irrevocable past.1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, chapter 61, in Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
  • Once again, Mario Cipollini has announced his definite, absolute, unswerving and irrevocable decision to retire, and this time he means it.2005 April 28, Samuel Abt, “Cycling: Cipo retires. Definitely. Absolutely. Yes. Probably”, in New York Times, retrieved 27 Apr 2014:

Synonyms of irrevocable

Antonyms

Origin of irrevocable

From Middle French irrévocable, from Latin irrevocabilis; equivalent to ir- + revoke + -able.

Words formed from irrevocable

Phrases with irrevocable

Questions about irrevocable

What does irrevocable mean?
Irrevocable means unable to be retracted or reversed; final.
What is irrevocable in Tamil?
Irrevocable in Tamil is மாற்ற முடியாத, மாற்றமுடியாத, மாற்றமுடியாதது முறிக்கவியலாதது. See Irrevocable meaning in Tamil.
How do you use irrevocable in a sentence?
On each face, wonder and fear were painted vividly; each so still and silent, looking at the other over the black gulf of the irrevocable past.
What part of speech is irrevocable?
Irrevocable is an adjective.
How do you pronounce irrevocable?
Irrevocable is pronounced /ɪˈɹɛvəkəbəl/ (UK).

Words near irrevocable in the dictionary

  1. irrevisability
  2. irrevisable
  3. irrevivable
  4. irrevocabilities
  5. irrevocability
  6. irrevocable
  7. irrevocable letter of credit
  8. irrevocable letters of credit
  9. irrevocableness
  10. irrevocably
  11. irrevokable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: irrevocable (page history and authors); irrevocable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); irrevocable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Irrevocable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); irrevocable (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); irrevocable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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