irrevocability
Cannot be undone
Irrevocability is the quality of being impossible to reverse, undo, or take back.
The word emphasizes permanence—once something irrevocable happens, there's no returning to the previous state: the irrevocability of death, the irrevocability of his decision to resign.
Legal and formal contexts favor this noun when stressing that actions or agreements cannot be withdrawn.
Cannot be undone
- immutableIncapable of being changed
- unalterableIncapable of being changed
- unchangeableImpossible to modify
- indelibleImpossible to remove
perpetual · eternal · everlasting · finality · absoluteness · permanence · fixedness · endurance
Quality of being unavoidable
- certaintyTotal absence of doubt
- inexorabilityUnyielding, unchangeable nature
- inescapabilityState of being certain
- conclusivenessQuality of being final
decisiveness · determinacy · unavoidability · predestination · doom · destiny · fate · foregone conclusion
Legally or morally required
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- verdictOfficial court decision
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- rulingFormal legal determination
adjudication · pronouncement · edict · covenant · contract · settlement · final judgment · statute
Solemn personal commitment
- oathFormal binding promise
- pledgeBinding promise given
- promiseCommitment to act
- bondBinding tie or connection
obligation · covenant · dedication · allegiance · fealty · fidelity · assurance · guarantee
Act of ending something
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- cessationA full stopping
- culminationHighest or final point
- completionAct of finishing
expiration · finale · endpoint · discontinuation · last word · death knell · sealed fate · done deal
irreversible
Cannot be undone
- immutableIncapable of being changed
- unalterableIncapable of being changed
- unchangeableImpossible to modify
indelible · perpetual · eternal · everlasting · finality · absoluteness · permanence · fixedness · endurance · constancy
inevitability
Quality of being unavoidable
- certaintyTotal absence of doubt
- inexorabilityUnyielding, unchangeable nature
- inescapabilityState of being certain
conclusiveness · decisiveness · determinacy · unavoidability · predestination · doom · destiny · fate · foregone conclusion · point of no return
binding
Legally or morally required
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- verdictOfficial court decision
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
ruling · adjudication · pronouncement · edict · covenant · contract · settlement · final judgment · statute · mandate
vow
Solemn personal commitment
bond · obligation · covenant · dedication · allegiance · fealty · fidelity · assurance · guarantee · engagement
termination
Act of ending something
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- cessationA full stopping
- culminationHighest or final point
completion · expiration · finale · endpoint · discontinuation · last word · death knell · sealed fate · done deal · closing
irrevocabilityrevocability
Capacity to be annulled
reversibility · temporariness · impermanence · undoability · retractability
irrevocabilityrevocability
Capacity to be annulled
retractability · flexibility · tentativeness · conditionality · negotiability
irrevocabilityflexibility
Ability to adapt easily
modifiability · amendability · adjustability · negotiability · adaptability
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