For all these reasons, nobody wanted to take irrevocable steps.
Once performed, an adoption was irrevocable and the adoptive son enjoyed all the rights of natural sons.
It was almost a rite of passage which made migration to the new state a final and irrevocable act.
On the flipside, a self-directed retirement plan allows full control of assets, while the purchase of an annuity is irrevocable.
The return of the song within the song is the reaction to the irrevocable through an attempt at returning to the past.
In contrast to the positive change in exports, which may be considered to be irrevocable, the above combination is liable to change.
One of the most powerful triggers for sadness and despair is the irrevocable loss of a loved one through death.
The wheel of fortune, as the opening chapter is devoted to showing, turns in an unpredictable but irrevocable manner.