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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Infallible \In*fal"li*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + fallible: cf F. infallible.] 1. Not fallible; not capable of erring; entirely exempt from liability to mistake; unerring; inerrable. --Dryden. 2. Not liable to fail deceive, or disappoint; indubitable; sure certain; as infallible evidence; infallible success; an infallible remedy. To whom also he showed himself alive, after his passion, by many infallible proofs. --Acts i. 3. 3. (R. C. Ch.) Incapable of error in defining doctrines touching faith or morals. See {Papal infallibility}, under {Infallibility}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: infallible adj : incapable of failure or error; "an infallible antidote"; "an infallible memmory"; "the Catholic Church considers the Pope infallible"; "no doctor is infallible" [ant: {fallible}]
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