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FAIT ACCOMPLI

\fˈe͡ɪt ɐkˈɒmpli], \fˈe‍ɪt ɐkˈɒmpli], \f_ˈeɪ_t ɐ_k_ˈɒ_m_p_l_i]\

Definitions of FAIT ACCOMPLI

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an irreversible accomplishment

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

an irreversible accomplishment

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Making a situation that is irreversible and other people have to live with.

1910 - Black's Law Dictionary (2nd edition)
By Henry Campbell Black

Thing done& no longer worth arguing against.

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

[Fr.] Something definitively settled or achieved.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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