irrepealableadj.
/ɪrɪˈpiːləb(ə)l/ Incapable of being repealed or annulled; irrevocable.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [adjective] > not capable of revocation
stable1297
undefeasible1461
unrevocable1464
irrevocable1490
incoverable1526
irrecoverable1540
unrepealable1574
uncancellable1606
unrecallable1611
inabrogable1617
unretractable1624
irreversible1629
unalterable1631
irrepealable1633
indeposable1673
irreclaimable1834
irretractable1880
1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix i. vi. Chorus 568 b Let us henceforth passe an irrepealable sentence of condemnation against all popular Stage-playes.
1642 E. Dering Coll. Speeches on Relig. vii. D iv Let..this inhibitory Statute..stand..irrepealable.
1710 J. St. Leger Manager's Pro & Con 18 The irrepealable Act of Union.
1876 Constit. Colorado in J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. (1888) II. App. 628 An ordinance..shall be irrepealable until the indebtedness therein provided for shall have been fully paid.
Derivatives
irrepealaˈbility n.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [noun] > capability of being revoked > incapability
irrevocability1613
irreversiblenessa1631
indispensabilitya1648
irrevocableness1649
unrepealableness1652
irrepealability1802
irreversibility1824
unrepealabilitya1834
1802 Deb. Congr. U.S. 18 Feb. (1851) 592 The character of irrepealability was not exclusively attached to this law.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Irrepealability.
1829 H. Murray Hist. Acct. Discoveries & Trav. N. Amer. II. iii. iii. 365 Some..political terms, as Gubernatorial Irrepealability.
irreˈpealableness n. the quality of being irrepealable.
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1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Irrepealableness.
irreˈpealably adv. in an irrepealable manner.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [adverb]
unrevocably1472
beyond (also past, without) recall1597
irrevocably1608
irrepealably1653
1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 120 All degrees of excommunication, and censures are irrepealably transacted by them.
1685 R. L'Estrange Observator Defended 3 Written and enacted irrepealably in her Magna Charta.
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