irrevocable
adjective /ɪˈrev.ə.kə.bl̩/Definition
› impossible to change: an irrevocable decisionNot able to be changedKeeping and staying the same irrevocably /-bli/ adverb › Closing the factory would irrevocably alter the character of the local community for the worse.Not able to be changedKeeping and staying the same
(Definition of irrevocable adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a leopard can't/doesn't change its spots idiom
- be no hard and fast rules idiom
- burn your boats/bridges idiom
- congenital adjective
- continuity noun
- finally adverb (CERTAINLY)
- firm verb (STOP CHANGING)
- fixed adjective (ARRANGED)
- fixity noun
- hard line noun
- inflexible adjective
- ingrained adjective (BELIEFS)
- institutionalized racism noun
- irredeemable adjective
- irreducible adjective
- Rubicon noun
- stasis noun
- stuck adjective
- uncompromising adjective
- what's done is done idiom
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Not able to be changed
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