irrepealable

American  

[ir-i-pee-luh-buhl] / ˌɪr ɪˈpi lə bəl /

adjective

1. incapable of being repealed or revoked.

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irrepealable British  

/ ˌɪrɪˈpiːləbəl /

adjective

1. not able to be repealed

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Other Word Forms

• irrepealability noun
• irrepealableness noun
• irrepealably adverb

Etymology

Origin of irrepealable

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

Example Sentences

Magna Carta, they write, is "the nearest approach to an irrepealable 'fundamental statute' that England has ever had."

From Time Magazine Archive

Why, sir, the Convention have had the caution to make this provision, if I understand them, irrepealable by any future amendment of the Constitution.

From A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 by Chittenden, L. E. (Lucius Eugene)

A grant from the sovereign power to an individual, or to a company, is not necessarily irrepealable, nor will it in all cases be treated as a contract.

From Monopolies and the People by Cloud, D. C.

That was the irrepealable law which he said prohibited slavery in the Territories of Utah and New Mexico.

From American Eloquence, Volume 3 Studies In American Political History (1897) by Johnston, Alexander

The Senator says that by the expression "irrepealable law," Mr. Webster meant to include the compromise of 1820.

From American Eloquence, Volume 3 Studies In American Political History (1897) by Johnston, Alexander