Inexorability

Inexorability
Inexorability In*ex`o*ra*bil"i*ty, n. [L. inexorabilitas: cf. F. inexorabilit['e].] The quality of being inexorable, or unyielding to entreaty. --Paley. [1913 Webster]

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