irrevocability
1
9.9
- noun
- /ɪˌrɛvəkəˈbɪlɪti/
:
irrevocabilidad
- As explained in part one, the Irrevocability Argument claims that the death penalty is a morally illegitimate system of punishment because it is not substantially revocable.
Examples
-
Her realization of the irrevocability of that moment changed how she viewed her life and choices.
-
In no other area of human promise-making does the Catholic tradition hold the irrevocability of human commitment.
Academic text (2004) -
"He was haunted by the sheer irrevocability of moments of decision and choice," says Millgrave.
Blog text (31) -
Rubek's recognition of Irene's deadness is an admission of the irrevocability of his crime and an acceptance of his responsibility to expiate it in kind.
Academic text (2000) -
In All the Boys and Girls, Jordana Zeldin brings together two artists who have transformed personal documents and discarded family artifacts into new objects that invite us to reflect upon the irrevocability of time passed, its losses, and memories.
Blog text (25) -
Once again, the author and illustrator describe how a community comes together to address the wounds of broken families, and readers must reach beyond notions of ideal justice and simplistic rationales of good and evil to come to terms with the capriciousness of nature's wrath and the irrevocability of death.
Academic text (2007) -
The irrevocability of his decision left him feeling trapped and anxious about the future.
-
The court emphasized the irrevocability of the sentence, making it clear that there would be no appeal.
Synonyms
1
8.4
Cannot be changed back to how it was
1
8.5
A state of not changing over time
A state in which something like a rule cannot change
A state of not changing over time
The quality of not changing over time
A state of staying the same over time without becoming different
A situation people cannot end or break, often for agreements like marriage vows
Antonyms
How Reversible
Surface Forms
Morphology
irrevocability = irrevocable (semi-transparent) = ir + revoke + able + ity
Adding -ity to irrevocable is a regular derivation, but the base adjective is a formal Latinate negative built on revoke, which is not fully transparent to many learners.
Etymology
Irrevocability comes from the parts ir- 'not' and revoke 'to take back', and it shares the same root as the familiar verb revoke. So, irrevocability means something cannot be taken back or changed.