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irrepealable

irrepealable adjective: that cannot be repealed.

Adjective

irrepealable (comparative more irrepealable, superlative most irrepealable)

  1. That cannot be repealed.
    • Is the impious edict irrepealable?1836, American Anti-Slavery Society, The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4
    • It was anticipated in the writer's work on constitutional law ("Federal and State Constitutions," p. 186, note 8): "The enabling acts admitting the eight new Western States usually provided against polygamy on account of the Mormon influence, and this, with other provisions concerning schools...1911, Frederic Jesup Stimson, Popular Law-making

Forms of irrepealable

comparativemore irrepealable
superlativemost irrepealable

Origin of irrepealable

From ir- + repealable.

Words formed from irrepealable

Questions about irrepealable

What does irrepealable mean?
Irrepealable means that cannot be repealed.
What part of speech is irrepealable?
Irrepealable is an adjective.

Words near irrepealable in the dictionary

  1. irreparableness
  2. irreparably
  3. irreparate
  4. irrepatriable
  5. irrepealability
  6. irrepealable
  7. irrepealably
  8. irrepearable
  9. irrepeatable
  10. irrepentance
  11. irreplacable

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