Indefeasible

Definition: Indefeasible

Indefeasible

Adjective

1. Not liable to being annulled or voided or undone; "an indefeasible right to freedom"; "an indefeasible claim to the title".

Date "indefeasible" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references)

Etymology: Indefeasible \In`de*fea`si*ble\, adjective. [Prefix in- not defeasible: compare to Old French expression indefaisable.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Finance	Incapable of being annulled or rendered void, such as an indefeasible title to property. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Antonym: defeasible (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Dueness	Privileged, allowed, sanctioned, warranted, authorized; ordained, prescribed, constitutional, chartered, enfranchised. prescriptive, presumptive; absolute, indefeasible; unalienable, inalienable; imprescriptible, inviolable, unimpeachable, unchallenged; sacrosanct. due to, merited, deserved, condign, richly deserved.
Stability	Indefeasible, irretrievable, intransmutable, incommutable, irresoluble, irrevocable, irreversible, reverseless, inextinguishable, irreducible; indissoluble, indissolvable; indestructible, undying, imperishable, incorruptible, indelible, indeciduous; insusceptible, insusceptible of change.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Indefeasible

English words defined with "indefeasible": Indefeisible ♦ Undefeasible. (references)

Specialty definitions using "indefeasible": indefeasible right. (references)

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
James Madison	1809-1817	That the people have an indubitable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to reform or change their government, whenever it be found adverse or inadequate to the purposes of its institution.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Indefeasible" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Indefeasible" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	12	101,599

Expression using "indefeasible": indefeasible right. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "indefeasible"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		i pamohueshëm (hard, incontestable, undeniable). (various references)

Bulgarian		неотчуждаем (imprescriptible, inalienable), неотемен (imprescriptible, inalienable, vested), ненарушим (infrangible, irrefrangible), ненакърним (inexpugnable). (various references)

Czech		nezrušitelný (unbreakable). (various references)

Danish		tinglig rettighed (indefeasible right, property right). (various references)

Dutch		zakelijk recht (indefeasible right, property right). (various references)

Farsi		فسخ ناپذیر, پابرجا (Firm, Immutable, Resolute, Stable, True), لغونکردنی , الغاء نشدنی , ازدست ندادنی , بطلان ناپذیر, برقرار. (various references)

Finnish		aineellinen oikeus (indefeasible right, property right). (various references)

French		droit réel (indefeasible right), droit de propriété (indefeasible right). (various references)

Greek		ακατάρητοσ, αναφαίρετοσ (inalienable). (various references)

Hungarian		visszavonhatatlan (absolute, irreversible, irrevocable). (various references)

Italian		diritto reale (indefeasible right, property right). (various references)

Pig Latin		indefeasibleay

Portuguese		irrevogável (irrevocability, irrevocable declaration, ultimate), incansável (tireless, unflagging, unwearying, weariless), imprescritível (impress). (various references)

Romanian		irevocabil (beyond recall, irreversible, irrevocable, irrevocably, past recall), imprescriptibil (imprescriptible), definitiv (clearly, conclusive, definitive, definitively, determinate, final, for good and all, last, peremptory, ultimate). (various references)

Russian		неотъемлемый (imprescriptible, inalienable, integral). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		nenarušiv. (various references)

Spanish		irrevocable (absolute, hard, irreversible, irrevocable). (various references)

Swedish		omistlig (inalienable), oförgriplig, oåterkallelig (irreversible, irrevocable). (various references)

Turkish		iptal edilemez (irrevocable, unavoidable), feshedilemez (irrefrangible). (various references)

Ukranian		невід'�"мний (inalienable, inherent, integral, integrant, necessary), непорушний (eternal, firm, hard and fast, immobile, immutable, sacred, standing, static, stygian). (various references)

Vietnamese		vĩnh viễn (ageless, agelong, endless, eternal, eternally, everlasting, forever, perdurable, perennial, perpetual), không thể thủ. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Indefeasible" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: indifeasible. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "indefeasible" (pronounced 'In`de*fea`si*ble'): Abatable, Abdicable, Abhominable, Abhorrible, Abolishable, Abominable, Abrogable, Absolvable, Absorbable, Abusable, Accendible, Accentuable, Acceptable, Accessible, Acclimatable, Acclimatizable, Accommodable, Accompanable, Accomplishable, Accomptable, Accordable, Accostable, Accountable, Accusable, Accustomable, Acetable, Achievable, Acidifiable, Acquaintable, Acquirable, Acreable, Actable, Actionable, Adaptable, Addable, Addible, Adducible, Adjustable, Administrable, Admirable, Admissible, Admittable, Adoptable, Adorable, Adustible, Advantageable, Advisable, Affable, Affectible, Affiliable. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-e-e-f-i-i-l-n-s"
	-2 letters: defeasible, defensible, infeasible.
	-3 letters: bedeafens, definable, disbelief, enfilades, finalised.
	-4 letters: abseiled, alienees, baseline, basified, bedeafen, beelined, beelines, befleaed, beladies, delaines, deniable, enfilade, feasible, feedable, finalise, findable, fineable, finialed, idealise, inedible, infidels, infields, salified, selenide, sendable, sideline.
	-5 letters: aediles, aiblins, alibied, alibies, aliened, alienee, aniseed, bailees, bailies, baldies, baleens, bandies, basined, beadles, beanies, beeline, befleas.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-e-e-f-i-i-l-n-s"
	+3 letters: indefinableness.
	+5 letters: indefatigableness, indefeasibilities, indefinablenesses.
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