Noun: irrevocability i,re-vu-ku'bi-lu-tee
- 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"
- 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