irrepealable

[ ir-i-pee-luh-buhl ]

adjective

1. incapable of being repealed ( def ) or revoked.

irrepealable

/ ˌɪrɪˈpiːləbəl /

adjective

1. not able to be repealed

Derived Forms

• ˌirreˈpealably, adverb
• ˌirreˌpealaˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• irre·peala·bili·ty irre·peala·ble·ness noun
• irre·peala·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of irrepealable¹

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

Example Sentences

The morally good can not be something "contingent," but must be absolute, irrepealable and irreversible even by God.

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Character stands as the irrepealable condition of reaching man's proper and true happiness.

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No laws of nature are so irrepealable as that law which binds guilt and misery.

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They were two castes, separate and standing apart as by the irrepealable law of God.

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The Customs, they averred, were of themselves illegal, as clashing with higher irrepealable laws.

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