irrevocable

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹɛvəkəb(ə)l/

irrevocable (not comparable)

1. Unable to be retracted or reversed; final.
   • c. 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It act 1, scene 3:

     Firm and irrevocable is my doom

     Which I have pass'd upon her; she is banish'd.

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

     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.

   • 1848, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, chapter 61:

     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.

   • 2005 April 28, Samuel Abt, "Cycling: Cipo retires. Definitely. Absolutely. Yes. Probably," New York Times (retrieved 27 April 2014):

     Once again, Mario Cipollini has announced his definite, absolute, unswerving and irrevocable decision to retire, and this time he means it. Probably.

irrevocable (plural irrevocables)

1. irrevocable