irrepealable

[ ir-i-pee-luh-buhl ]

adjective

1. incapable of being repealed ( def ) or revoked.

irrepealable

/ ˌɪrɪˈpiːləbəl /

adjective

1. not able to be repealed

Derived Forms

• ˌirreˈpealably, adverb
• ˌirreˌpealaˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• irre·peala·bili·ty irre·peala·ble·ness noun
• irre·peala·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of irrepealable¹

First recorded in 1625–35; ir- ² + repealable ( def )

Example Sentences

That was the irrepealable condition under which aid from time to time was granted.

From Project Gutenberg

Such men so instructed could not have done otherwise than they did do, which was to provide an irrepealable standard of value, to be coined from gold and silver, leaving as little upon the subject to the discretion of congress as was consistent with a wise forecast and an invincible determination that the essential principles of the constitution should be perpetual as the means to secure the blessings of liberty to themselves and their posterity.

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Pressed by these irrepealable rules of construction, as applied to the constitution, those who maintain the affirmative of the question under discussion are forced to submit a specification.

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The most prominent argument against repeal exists in the doctrine that railroads are public highways, and that a charter granted to a railroad corporation by the legislature is in the nature of a contract, and is therefore irrepealable.

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If railroads are public highways, then the other position, that the charters granted to railroad companies are irrepealable, is not tenable—for the reason that the legislature possesses full power to alter, amend, or repeal all laws enacted for the benefit of the public.

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