indefectiveadj.
/ɪndɪˈfɛktɪv/ ? Obsolete.
Not defective; free from defect; faultless, flawless.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > pure or flawless
lutter971
unwemmedc1000
fair?c1225
upright?c1225
purec1300
without lackc1300
completec1380
defaultlessa1425
flush?1550
undefective1599
impeccable1620
indefectivea1641
defectless1651
virginala1659
flawless1659
unflawed1665
indefectuous1685
unblighted1785
immaculate1791
indefectible1833
shadeless1894
flukeless1895
intacta1941
pedicured1988
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 5 Charity indefective in this..life, and in the world to come everlasting life.
1659 J. Pearson Expos. Creed (1839) 93 God is of himself infinitely glorious, because his perfections are absolute, his excellencies indefective.
1698 R. South 12 Serm. III. 118 A Covenant promising Life upon Condition of absolute indefective obedience.
1708 J. Falconar Let. 19 Sept. in T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 131 Everlasting and indefective happines.
1717 S. Croxall in J. Dryden et al. tr. Ovid Metamorphoses vi. (R.) Seven are my daughters, of a form divine, With seven fair sons, an indefective line.
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