irrepealable

[ ir-i-pee-luh-buhl ]

adjective
  1. incapable of being repealed or revoked.

Origin of irrepealable

1
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, noun
  • ir·re·peal·a·bly, adverb

Words Nearby irrepealable

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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
  1. not able to be repealed

Derived forms of irrepealable

  • irrepealability or irrepealableness, noun
  • irrepealably, adverb

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