From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Conclusive \Con*clu"sive\, adjective [Cf. F. conclusif.] Belonging to a close or termination; decisive; convincing; putting an end to debate or question; leading to, or involving, a conclusion or decision.
Secret reasons . . . equally conclusive for us as they were for them. --Rogers.
{Conclusive evidence} (Law), that of which, from its nature, the law allows no contradiction or explanation.
{Conclusive presumption} (Law), an inference which the law makes so peremptorily that it will not allow it to be overthrown by any contrary proof, however strong.
Syn: Final; ultimate; unanswerable. See {Final}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: forming an end or termination; especially putting an end to doubt or question; "conclusive proof"; "the evidence is conclusive" [ant: {inconclusive}]
2: final and deciding; "the conclusive reason"
3: expressing finality with no implication of possible change; "an absolute (or unequivocal) quarantee to respect the nation's authority"; "inability to make a conclusive (or unequivocal) refusal" [syn: {absolute}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
153 Moby Thesaurus words for "conclusive": absolute, adducible, admissible, admitting no exception, all-out, apodictic, assuring, attestative, attestive, authentic, authoritative, based on, binding, bound, boundary, categorical, caudal, certain, circumstantial, clear, clear and distinct, clear as day, complete, completing, completive, completory, compulsory, concluding, consummative, convictional, convincing, crowning, culminating, cumulative, damning, decided, decisive, decretory, definite, definitive, determinate, determinative, dictated, documentary, documented, downright, endmost, entailed, entire, eventual, evidential, evidentiary, ex parte, explicit, express, extreme, eye-witness, factual, farthest, final, finalizing, finishing, firsthand, fixed, flat, flat-out, founded on, fulfilling, global, grounded on, hard-and-fast, hearsay, imperative, implicit, imposed, impressive, inappealable, incontrovertible, indicative, indisputable, ineluctable, inevitable, irrefutable, irresistible, irrevocable, last, limiting, mandated, mandatory, material, must, necessary, nuncupative, obligatory, out-and-out, outright, overwhelming, peremptory, perfect, perfectly sure, persuasive, polar, positive, predestined, predetermined, prescript, prescriptive, presumptive, probative, reliable, required, round, satisfactory, satisfying, significant, straight, straight-out, suggestive, sure, sure-enough, symptomatic, tail, telling, terminal, terminating, terminative, total, true, ultimate, unambiguous, uncircumscribed, unconditional, unconditioned, undoubting, unequivocal, unhampered, unhesitating, univocal, unlimited, unmistakable, unmitigated, unqualified, unquestioning, unreserved, unrestricted, unwaivable, utter, valid, weighty, whole, without appeal, without exception, without reserve
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