indissoluble
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8.8
- adjective
- /ˌɪndɪˈsɒljʊbəl/
- Formal
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indisoluble
- He believed their love was indissoluble, destined to last through any challenges they might face.
- an indissoluble marriage
- perpetual and indissoluble
- make an indissoluble marriage
Examples
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After Trent, the term "indissoluble" was almost always linked to the "bond" (vinculum or nexum) of marriage.
Academic text (2004) -
Rather, it is because the bond between Christ and his Church is indissoluble; the sacramental, consummated marriage of a man and woman is indissoluble.
Academic text (2004) -
The marriage is made indissoluble because it is meant to image the model.
Academic text (2004) -
We were still tied together by an indissoluble bond.
Fiction book (1993) -
Therefore, when Texas became one of the United States, she entered into an indissoluble relation.
Blog text (33) -
We believed in the principle that the Union is indissoluble; ... that slavery had lasted long enough.
Blog text (34) -
Corded and bound together in indissoluble ties.
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Because a marriage is a consummated sacrament, it is the perfect image of the Christ-Church relationship and is therefore indissoluble.
Academic text (2004) -
The council asserted that Adam (in Genesis 2:23-24) pronounced marriage to be a perpetual and indissoluble bond (nexum).
Academic text (2004) -
Their friendship was indissoluble, remaining strong despite the distance between them.
Synonyms
46
6.0
Not able to be changed back to how it was
14
8.1
Impossible to change or undo
8
4.8
Very strong belief or feeling that cannot be changed
5
4.0
You cannot make it different
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4.4
Very firm and cannot be changed or weakened
2
6.4
Impossible to change
1
9.9
A right or claim that cannot be taken away
1
9.6
Not able to be fixed or made better
Antonyms
How Permanent
Surface Forms
Morphology
indissoluble = dissoluble (semi-transparent) = in + dissoluble
The negative prefix in- is clear, but the permanent or unbreakable sense is a conventional figurative extension from literal dissolving.
Etymology
Indissoluble is made of in- 'not' and dissolve 'to break apart', so it describes things like bonds or contracts that cannot be undone and are meant to last.