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indissolubility|ɪnˌdɪsəl-, ɪndɪˌsɒljuːˈbɪlɪtɪ|
[f. next: see -ity.]
The quality of being indissoluble.
1. Incapability of being decomposed or disintegrated (or of being disunited, as parts or elements).
a1704Locke (J.), From whence steel has its firmness, and the parts of a diamond their hardness and indissolubility. 1748Hartley Observ. Man ii. iv. 427 The Happiness of the Good is denoted by Incorruption, Indissolubility.
†2. Incapability of being dissolved in a liquid; insolubility. Obs.
1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) I. 92 The whole complex of gold..malleability, ductility, specific gravity, dissolubility in aqua regia, and indissolubility in all other menstruums. 1794Sullivan View Nat. I. 258 The effervescence and indissolubility of many of them in the vitriolic acid.
3. Of a connexion or obligation: Incapability of being dissolved, undone, or broken; perpetuity of binding force. (The prevailing sense.)
1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. iv. iii. 313 Upon the breach of that Condition were either utterly lost, as the indissolubility of the Union of the Composition. 1748Hartley Observ. Man ii. iii. 232 The Indissolubility of the Marriage Bond. 1830Mackintosh Eth. Philos. Wks. 1846 I. 195 The best writers of Mr. Bentham's school overlook the indissolubility of these associations. 1884Contemp. Rev. Feb. 262 Christianity..setting upon monogamy the seals of sanctity and indissolubility. |