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INFRANGIBLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does infrangible mean?
• INFRANGIBLE (adjective)
The adjective INFRANGIBLE has 2 senses:
1. difficult or impossible to break or separate into parts
2. not capable of being violated or infringed
Familiarity information: INFRANGIBLE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Difficult or impossible to break or separate into parts
Context example:
an infrangible series
Similar:
unbreakable (impossible to break especially under ordinary usage)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not capable of being violated or infringed
Synonyms:
absolute; infrangible; inviolable
Context example:
infrangible human rights
Similar:
inalienable; unalienable (incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another)
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"He who protects himself from cold also wards off heat." (Corsican proverb)