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inevitability|ɪnˌɛvɪtəˈbɪlɪtɪ| [f. next: see -ity. Cf. mod.F. inévitabilité.] The quality of being inevitable; inevitableness. Also with an and pl. An instance of this.
1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. Ad §vi. ⁋6 Ambition..falls under the inevitability of such Accidents which either could not be foreseen or not prevented. 1675Woodhead, etc. Paraphr. Paul 25 This inevitability of sinning. 1847Mrs. Trollope Three Cousins (Railw. ed.) 47 By the help of that effectual mind-strengthener inevitability, the Bishop bore this ‘contretems’ rather better than his lady expected. 1871R. H. Hutton Ess. (1880) II. Goethe 25 He was already beginning to accommodate himself to all inevitabilities. |