English noun: Rubicon | |||
1. | Rubicon (location) the boundary in ancient times between Italy and Gaul; Caesar's crossing it with his army in 49 BC was an act of war | ||
Instance hypernym | bound, boundary, bounds | ||
2. | Rubicon (cognition) a line that when crossed permits of no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment | ||
Synonyms | point of no return | ||
Broader (hypernym) | contrast, demarcation, dividing line, line | ||