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‖ fait accompli|fɛt akɔ̃pli, ˌfeɪt aˈkɒmplɪ|
[Fr.]
An accomplished fact; an action which is completed (and irreversible) before affected parties learn of its having been undertaken.
1845R. Ford Handbk. Spain i. 337 This is now a fait accompli. 1872E. Braddon Life in India v. 179 After the overland route was a fait accompli, the rules of the services..restricted the servants of the East India Company from enjoying much of their leave westward of the Cape of Good Hope. 1895Bow Bells 16 Aug. 177/2 It will be very interesting to see..whether various other suggestions..will also become fait accompli. 1905Mrs. H. Ward Marriage W. Ashe ii. viii. 139 Elizabeth knew that his appearance in the conversation invariably meant a fait accompli of some sort. 1906W. De Morgan Joseph Vance xxxiv. 337 And Janey knew she was herself, so that no explanation seemed necessary. A fait accompli has leisure to wait for an official raison d'être. 1955Times 6 Aug. 5/2 He did not propose to proceed by surprise or stealth, or to bind his hands and renounce the prerogatives of the executive. He could give an assurance to the parties represented in the majority that the Government would never be presented with a fait accompli. |