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Noun: irrevocability  i,re-vu-ku'bi-lu-tee
  1. The state or condition of being impossible to retract or reverse; finality
    "It would have to show that the irrevocability of execution is a sufficient reason to prohibit the penalty even in the absence of acceptable penalties that achieve similar deterrent and retributive effects"
     
  2. The state or quality of being irrevocable; inability to be changed, reversed, or recalled
    "The irrevocability of the contract meant they couldn't back out";
    - irrevocableness

Derived forms: irrevocabilities

Type of: conclusiveness, decisiveness, finality