Infallible

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Infallible \In*fal"li*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + fallible: cf. F.
     infallible.]
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     1. Not fallible; not capable of erring; entirely exempt from
        liability to mistake; unerring; inerrable. --Dryden.
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     2. Not liable to fail, deceive, or disappoint; indubitable;
        sure; certain; as, infallible evidence; infallible
        success; an infallible remedy.
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              To whom also he showed himself alive, after his
              passion, by many infallible proofs.   --Acts i. 3.
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     3. (R. C. Ch.) Incapable of error in defining doctrines
        touching faith or morals. See {Papal infallibility}, under
        {Infallibility}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  infallible
       adj : incapable of failure or error; "an infallible antidote"; "an
             infallible memmory"; "the Catholic Church considers the
             Pope infallible"; "no doctor is infallible" [ant: {fallible}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  79 Moby Thesaurus words for "infallible":
     absolute, acceptable, agreeable, beyond all praise, certain,
     chaste, close, constant, correct, defectless, delicate, dependable,
     direct, effective, efficacious, efficient, even, exact, express,
     faithful, faultless, fine, flawless, foolproof, handy, helpful,
     ideal, immaculate, impeccable, indefectible, indefective,
     inerrable, inerrant, irreproachable, just right, mathematical,
     micrometrically precise, microscopic, nice, oracular, peerless,
     perfect, pinpoint, precise, pure, refined, reliable, religious,
     religiously exact, rigid, rigorous, satisfactory, satisfying,
     scientific, scientifically exact, secure, severe, sinless,
     spotless, square, stainless, strict, subtle, sure, surefire,
     taintless, unadulterated, unblemished, uncontaminated,
     undeceivable, undeviating, unerring, unfailing, unfaultable,
     unmistaken, unmixed, unspotted, untainted, useful