irrepealable

[ ir-i-pee-luh-buhl ]

/ ˌɪr ɪˈpi lə bəl /

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adjective

incapable of being repealed or revoked.

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Origin of irrepealable

First recorded in 1625–35; ir-² + repealable

OTHER WORDS FROM irrepealable

ir·re·peal·a·bil·i·ty, ir·re·peal·a·ble·ness, nounir·re·peal·a·bly, adverb

Words nearby irrepealable

irremeable, irremediable, irremissible, irremovable, irreparable, irrepealable, irreplaceable, irrepleviable, irreplevisable, irreprehensible, irrepressible

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How to use irrepealable in a sentence

The morally good can not be something "contingent," but must be absolute, irrepealable and irreversible even by God.
Theoretical Ethics|Milton Valentine
Character stands as the irrepealable condition of reaching man's proper and true happiness.
Theoretical Ethics|Milton Valentine
No laws of nature are so irrepealable as that law which binds guilt and misery.
Slavery|William E. Channing
They were two castes, separate and standing apart as by the irrepealable law of God.
The Rise of the Mediaeval Church|Alexander Clarence Flick

The Customs, they averred, were of themselves illegal, as clashing with higher irrepealable laws.
Life of Thomas Becket|Henry Hart Milman

British Dictionary definitions for irrepealable

irrepealable

/ (ˌɪrɪˈpiːləbəl) /

adjective

not able to be repealed

Derived forms of irrepealable

irrepealability or irrepealableness, nounirrepealably, adverb

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