Meaning of INFALLIBLE
| Pronunciation: | | in'falubul
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| | Definition: | | [adj] incapable of failure or error; "an infallible antidote"; "an infallible memmory"; "the Catholic Church considers the Pope infallible"; "no doctor is infallible" |
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| | Synonyms: | | foolproof, inerrable, inerrant, unerring, unfailing |
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| | Antonyms: | | fallible | | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*fal"li*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + fallible: cf. F.
infallible.]
1. Not fallible; not capable of erring; entirely exempt from
liability to mistake; unerring; inerrable. --Dryden.
2. Not liable to fail, deceive, or disappoint; indubitable;
sure; certain; as, infallible evidence; infallible
success; an infallible remedy.
To whom also he showed himself alive, after his
passion, by many infallible proofs. --Acts i. 3.
3. (R. C. Ch.) Incapable of error in defining doctrines
touching faith or morals. See {Papal infallibility}, under
{Infallibility}.
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