Infallible
[ɪn'fælɪb(ə)l] or [ɪn'fæləbl]
Definition
(adj.) incapable of failure or error; 'an infallible antidote'; 'an infallible memory'; 'the Catholic Church considers the Pope infallible'; 'no doctor is infallible' .
Edited by Katy--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not fallible; not capable of erring; entirely exempt from liability to mistake; unerring; inerrable.
(a.) Not liable to fail, deceive, or disappoint; indubitable; sure; certain; as, infallible evidence; infallible success; an infallible remedy.
(a.) Incapable of error in defining doctrines touching faith or morals. See Papal infallibility, under Infallibility.
Typist: Stacey
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Unerring, not liable to err.[2]. Certain, sure, unfailing, not liable to fail.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See FALLIBLE]
Typist: Weldon
Definition
adj. incapable of error: trustworthy: certain.—ns. Infall′ibilism; Infall′ibilist; Infallibil′ity.—adv. Infall′ibly.—The doctrine of infallibility in the R.C. Church since 1870 is that the Pope when speaking ex cathedr is kept from error in all that regards faith and morals.
Typist: Rodger
Examples
- I am the servant of an infallible Master. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Nor is it less infallible, because men cannot distinctly explain the principles, on which it is founded. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Nothing less than a repetition of that infallible remedy will relieve his feelings. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- These principles I allow to be neither the infallible nor the sole causes of an union among ideas. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- There is, of course, no infallible touchstone by which we can tell offhand. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I will not lead you on, unguarded and ardent as I then was, to your destruction and infallible misery. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Every idea is possible, which is a necessary and infallible consequence of such as are possible. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The general opinion of mankind has some authority in all cases; but in this of morals it is perfectly infallible. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- At a distance from facts one draws conclusions which appear infallible, which yet when put to the test of reality, vanish like unreal dreams. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But are the rulers of states absolutely infallible, or are they sometimes liable to err? Plato. The Republic.
- It is mentioned as an infallible ointment by Hoffman, Mead, and I think the Abbe Fontana. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The mystery of creation was fathomless, infallible, inexhaustible, forever. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- For it must be observed, that the opinions of men, in this case, carry with them a peculiar authority, and are, in a great measure, infallible. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Why, yes, he said: how can any reasonable being ever identify that which is infallible with that which errs? Plato. The Republic.
- As evidence in court its word cannot be doubted, and the witness confronted by his own utterances from the phonograph must yield to its infallible dictum. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Yes, I said, my impression was that you did so, when you admitted that the ruler was not infallible but might be sometimes mistaken. Plato. The Republic.
- In vain did poor Prude practise her infallible awe-inspiring frowns! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Such judgments are not only common, but in many cases certain and infallible. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Science is progressive, not infallible. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In her own infallible purity, she had done what must be done. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It does not paralyze the self-activity of youth by the record of an infallible past. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- They are not the infallible causes. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I warmed the ale and made the toast on the usual infallible principles. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- If we are going to make a relationship, even of friendship, there must be something final and infallible about it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Her words were oracles to him, her smallest actions marked by an infallible grace and wisdom. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The barometer is not an infallible prophet, but it is of great assistance in predicting the general trend of the weather. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- So now, as an infallible way of making little ease great ease, I began to contract a quantity of debt. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Cyril Hall was their pope, infallible to them as Dr. Thomas Boultby to his admirers. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Typist: Rodger