Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Permanent; binding.
- adjective Impossible to dissolve, disintegrate, or decompose.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not dissoluble or dissolvable; incapable of being dissolved. See
dissolve , 1, and solution. - Not dissoluble in force or obligation; not to be rightfully broken or violated; perpetually binding or obligatory; firm; stable: as, an indissoluble covenant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not dissoluble; not capable of being dissolved, melted, or liquefied; insoluble.
- adjective Incapable of being rightfully broken or dissolved; perpetually binding or obligatory; firm; stable, .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Lasting,
indestructible . - adjective Not possible to
dissolve ,disintegrate or break-up.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of a substance) incapable of being dissolved
- adjective used of decisions and contracts
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Examples
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How plain it is that you have never realized the force of the word indissoluble as applied to the contract binding man and woman!
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a vital, organic nationality, pervaded by a common life, which binds together in indissoluble union each and every member, thus making the whole absolutely ONE.
An Address in Commemoration of the Re-Establishment of the National Flag at Fort Sumter. 1865
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In a land where there is boundless liberty of divorce, wedlock is described as the indissoluble compact.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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It is difficult to convey the idea of indissoluble unity more clearly than by these words.
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It is difficult to convey the idea of indissoluble unity more clearly than by these words.
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It is difficult to convey the idea of indissoluble unity more clearly than by these words.
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It is difficult to convey the idea of indissoluble unity more clearly than by these words.
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It is difficult to convey the idea of indissoluble unity more clearly than by these words.
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It is difficult to convey the idea of indissoluble unity more clearly than by these words.
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The "indissoluble" nature of marriage is based on the assumption that "someone who contracts a marriage knows what marriage is," Benedict says.
In New Book, Pope Reflects on Condoms, Fashion, Mistakes, and Calls for His Resignation The Huffington Post News Team 2010
bilby commented on the word indissoluble
"He felt, no doubt, more sorry for her than her indignant relatives; but it seemed to him that the tie between husband and wife, even if breakable in prosperity, should be indissoluble in misfortune."
- Edith Wharton, 'The Age of Innocence'.
September 19, 2009