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After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.
William R. Alger

Meaning of "indefeasible" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INDEFEASIBLE

indefeasible  [ˌɪndɪˈfiːzəbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INDEFEASIBLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Indefeasible is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INDEFEASIBLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Defeasible reasoning

Defeasible reasoning is a kind of reasoning that is based on reasons that are defeasible, as opposed to the indefeasible reasons of deductive logic. Defeasible reasoning is a particular kind of non-demonstrative reasoning, where the reasoning does not produce a full, complete, or final demonstration of a claim, i.e., where fallibility and corrigibility of a conclusion are acknowledged. In other words defeasible reasoning produces a contingent statement or claim. Other kinds of non-demonstrative reasoning are probabilistic reasoning, inductive reasoning, statistical reasoning, abductive reasoning, and paraconsistent reasoning. Defeasible reasoning is also a kind of ampliative reasoning because its conclusions reach beyond the pure meanings of the premises. The differences between these kinds of reasoning correspond to differences about the conditional that each kind of reasoning uses, and on what premise the conditional is adopted: ▪ Deductive: if...

Definition of indefeasible in the English dictionary

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WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INDEFEASIBLE


appeasable
əˈpiːzəbəl
cohesible
kəʊˌhiːzəbəl
defeasible
dɪˈfiːzəbəl
feasible
ˈfiːzəbəl
freezable
ˈfriːzəbəl
fusible
ˈfjuːzəbəl
inappeasable
ˌɪnəˈpiːzəbəl
infeasible
ɪnˈfiːzəbəl
plausible
ˈplɔːzəbəl
pleasable
ˈpliːzəbəl
reusable
riːˈjuːzəbəl
seisable
ˈsiːzəbəl
seizable
ˈsiːzəbəl
squeezable
ˈskwiːzəbəl
teasable
ˈtiːzəbəl
unappeasable
ˌʌnəˈpiːzəbəl
unfeasible
ʌnˈfiːzəbəl
unseizable
ʌnˈsiːzəbəl
usable
ˈjuːzəbəl
useable
ˈjuːzəbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INDEFEASIBLE

indef.
indefatigability
indefatigable
indefatigableness
indefatigably
indefeasibility
indefeasibleness
indefeasibly
indefectibility
indefectible
indefectibly
indefensibility
indefensible
indefensibleness
indefensibly
indefinability
indefinable
indefinableness
indefinably
indefinite

WORDS THAT END LIKE INDEFEASIBLE

accessible
admissible
collapsible
compatible
comprehensible
divisible
extensible
impossible
inaccessible
incomprehensible
invisible
irresponsible
irreversible
ostensible
permissible
possible
responsible
reversible
sensible
submersible
visible

Synonyms and antonyms of indefeasible in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «indefeasible» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INDEFEASIBLE

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The translations of indefeasible from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «indefeasible» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不能取消
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inembargables
570 millions of speakers

English

indefeasible
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अविलोप्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير القابل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

непреложным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

imprescritível
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অখণ্ডনীয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

imprescriptible
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak dapat dibuktikan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unantastbar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

破棄できない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

파기 할 수없는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Indefeasible
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không thể bỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இயலாத
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अभेद्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

feshedilemez
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

irrinunciabile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

indefeasible
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

непорушним
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

imprescriptibil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απαράγραπτο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onaantastbaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

omistligt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

indefeasible
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of indefeasible

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INDEFEASIBLE»

The term «indefeasible» is regularly used and occupies the 104.651 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INDEFEASIBLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about indefeasible

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QUOTES WITH «INDEFEASIBLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word indefeasible.
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William R. Alger
After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INDEFEASIBLE»

Discover the use of indefeasible in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to indefeasible and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Doctrine of the Jure-divino-ship of Hereditary ...
Moment; which wds, That I cannot' be brought-to be of the Opinion, that' God intended there should be an hereditary indefeasible Sucmsston of: Kings, -as his Or)dinance," unless he would endOW them with hereditary Wisdom, Justice, ...
George LOGAN (M.A.), 1749
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Modern Real Estate Practice in Texas
Forged documents 3. Incompetent grantors 4. Incorrect marital statements 5. Improperly delivered deeds 6. Lack of access to and from land 7. Lack of good and indefeasible title Title Insurance Policy Endorsements 1 . Property inspection 2.
Cheryl Peat Nance, 2003
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Thinking It Through : An Introduction to Contemporary ...
It is only a short step from insisting that a belief that is to count as knowledge must be impossible to doubt to insisting that you must have indefeasible evidence for the belief. For if it is impossible for you to doubt S, then you must have evidence ...
Kwame Anthony Appiah Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy and the University Center for Human Values Princeton University, 2003
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of ...
eased and quieted, and that such as nay take leases may be sure to have good and indefeasible estates, and he encouraeed to lay out money in building.' The same recital occurs in the subsequent Acts passed the 33d of George 2, and the  ...
Thomas James Arnold, 1840
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The Jurist
part of the said contemplated railway, and which are clearly, therefore, to be absolute and indefeasible grants. That was the state of things when the 12 Vict, was passed. The company were entitled to receive grants of lands, which would be ...
‎1863
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Handbook of Epistemology
But is indefeasible justification powerful enough to guarantee that such cases cannot arise? - as it has to, since it is impossible for logically conflicting beliefs to both be true. There is the worry that two inquirers might be so separated from each ...
I. Niiniluoto, Matti Sintonen, Jan Woleński, 2004
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Report of the Royal Commissioners appointed to inquire into ...
I cannot but form a different estimate from that expressed in the Report as to the value of an indefeasible title. It is true that under the present system of conveyancing practical security is attained, and that the object of establishing a registry is ...
Great Britain. Land Transfer Commission, 1870
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Disjunctivism: Disjunctive Accounts in Epistemology and in ...
For a seeing's being infallibly factive does not in itself ground explanation of why a warrant for belief that one is seeing is indefeasible. The further explanation of being present to one would have to entail, probably directly invoke, indefeasible  ...
Marcus Willaschek, 2013
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Copyright and Patents for Inventions
tion of this indefeasible patent. Bovill's case was for what was said to combine the effect of the blast and the exhaust passing through mill-stones to blow away the powder they call stive. The Court of Queen's Bench decided that it was a good ...
Robert Andrew Macfie, Lord John Maclaurin Dreghorn, Michel Chevalier, 1883
10
The Jurist Vol. X Part II
The mode of proceeding for the registration of the title to leasehold estates will be the same as that before pointed out as to registration of indefeasible titles. As, however, no indefeasible title will extend to the title of the lessor or grantor, it will  ...
‎1865

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INDEFEASIBLE»

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Shortcircuiting Consensus | David T. Koyzis | First Things
Although pro-lifers naturally objected, the court's ruling did not go so far as to assert a woman's indefeasible right to an abortion, leaving ... «First Things, Jul 15»
2
NITI Aayog's vice chairman Arvind Panagariya urges states to …
The ideal way would be to give landowners indefeasible titles, Panagariya said. States such as Karnataka that have fully digitised land records ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
3
Do You Know Your State's Preamble?
That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their conscience… Texas 1845 ... «Thetribunepapers, Jul 15»
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LIBERTY'S SECRETS
[They] had an utter contempt of all that dark ribaldry [something scurrilous] of hereditary indefeasible right – the Lord's anointed – and the divine ... «WND.com, Jul 15»
5
Non-arm's length income
To determine whether a SMSF has a vested and indefeasible interest and therefore a fixed entitlement, it is necessary to examine the terms of ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
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What the Declaration of Independence Really Claimed
... be found inadequate or contrary to these purposes, a majority of the community hath an indubitable, unalienable, indefeasible right, to reform ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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Ind-AS Analysis: Telecom sector
... transactions for sale, purchase or exchange of excess network capacity conveying an indefeasible right of use (usually referred to as IRU). «Hindu Business Line, Jun 15»
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Minorities and the Supreme Court — II
In paragraph 17, the SC declares: “It is imperative that the right to freedom of religion be restored as an individual and indefeasible right. «Daily Times, Jun 15»
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PIL seeks protection for minority rights
... Union Ministry as a respondent since it also sought a direction to it to desist from “invading the indefeasible fundamental rights of the citizens. «The Hindu, Jun 15»
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King John Butchered Authors of Magna Carta
Though the sense of the common rights of mankind, the only rights that are entirely indefeasible, might have justified them in the deposition of ... «Antiwar.com, Jun 15»

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