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IRREVOCABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does irrevocable mean?
• IRREVOCABLE (adjective)
The adjective IRREVOCABLE has 1 sense:
1. incapable of being retracted or revoked
Familiarity information: IRREVOCABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Incapable of being retracted or revoked
Synonyms:
irrevocable; irrevokable
Context example:
firm and irrevocable is my doom
Similar:
sealed (determined irrevocably)
Antonym:
revocable (capable of being revoked or annulled)
Context examples
I speak, said Miss Mills, from experience of the past—the remote, irrevocable past.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
“That,” said Mrs. Micawber, “that, at least, is my view, my dear Mr. Copperfield and Mr. Traddles, of the obligation which I took upon myself when I repeated the irrevocable words, “I, Emma, take thee, Wilkins.”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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