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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Indispensable \In`dis*pen"sa*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + dispensable: cf F. indispensable.] 1. Not dispensable; impossible to be omitted, remitted, or spared; absolutely necessary or requisite. 2. (Eccl.) Not admitting dispensation; not subject to release or exemption. [R.] The law was moral and indispensable. --Bp. Burnet. 3. Unavoidable; inevitable. [Obs.] --Fuller. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: indispensable adj 1: not to be dispensed with essential; "foods indispensable to good nutrition" [ant: {dispensable}] 2: absolutely necessary; vitally necessary; "essential tools and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of the project"; "an indispensable worker" [syn: {essential}] 3: unavoidable; "the routine but indispensable ceremonies of state"
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