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Meaning of INDEFEASIBLE

Pronunciation:  `indi'feezubul

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 Definition: [adj]  not liable to being annulled or voided or undone; "an indefeasible right to freedom"; "an indefeasible claim to the title"
 
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 Synonyms: inalienable, unforfeitable
 
 Antonyms: defeasible
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\In`de*fea`si*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + defeasible:
cf. OF. indefaisable.]
Not to be defeated; not defeasible; incapable of being
annulled or made void; as, an indefeasible or title.
      That the king had a divine and an indefeasible right to
      the regal power.                         --Macaulay.
 
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