infallibility

• POS: Noun
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CIDE DICTIONARY

infallibility, n. [Cf. F. infaillibilité.].

 The quality or state of being infallible, or exempt from error; inerrability.  [1913 Webster]
"Infallibility is the highest perfection of the knowing faculty."  [1913 Webster]

Papal infallibility (R. C. Ch.), the dogma that the pope can not, when acting in his official character of supreme pontiff, err in defining a doctrine of Christian faith or rule of morals, to be held by the church. This was decreed by the Ecumenical Council at the Vatican, July 18, 1870.

THESAURUS

infallibility

absolute certainty, absoluteness, assurance, assuredness, certain knowledge, certainness, certainty, certitude, chastity, dead certainty, defectlessness, definiteness, determinacy, determinateness, faultlessness, finish, flawlessness, immaculateness, impeccability, ineluctability, inerrability, inerrancy, inevitability, infallibilism, necessity, nonambiguity, noncontingency, perfection, positiveness, predestination, predetermination, probatum, proved fact, purity, sinlessness, spotlessness, stainlessness, sureness, surety, taintlessness, truth, unambiguity, unequivocalness, univocity, unmistakableness

ROGET THESAURUS

infallibility

Certainty

N certainty, necessity, certitude, surety, assurance, dead certainty, moral certainty, infallibleness, infallibility, reliability, indubitableness, inevitableness, unquestionableness, gospel, scripture, church, pope, court of final appeal, res judicata, ultimatum positiveness, dogmatism, dogmatist, dogmatizer, doctrinaire, bigot, opinionist, Sir Oracle, ipse dixit, fact, positive fact, matter of fact, fait accompli, certain, sure, assured, solid, well-founded, unqualified, absolute, positive, determinate, definite, clear, unequivocal, categorical, unmistakable, decisive, decided, ascertained, inevitable, unavoidable, avoidless, ineluctable, unerring, infallible, unchangeable, to be depended on, trustworthy, reliable, bound, unimpeachable, undeniable, unquestionable, indisputable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indubitable, irrefutable, conclusive, without power of appeal, indubious, without doubt, beyond a doubt, without a shade or shadow of doubt, without question, beyond question, past dispute, clear as day, beyond all question, beyond all dispute, undoubted, uncontested, unquestioned, undisputed, questionless, doubtless, authoritative, authentic, official, sure as fate, sure as death and taxes, sure as a gun, evident, self-evident, axiomatic, clear, clear as day, clear as the sun at noonday, certainly, for certain, certes, sure, no doubt, doubtless, and no mistake, flagrante delicto, sure enough, to be sure, of course, as a matter of course, a coup sur, to a certainty, in truth, at any rate, at all events, without fail, coute que coute, coute qu'il coute, whatever may happen, if the worst come to the worst, come what may, happen what may, come what will, sink or swim, rain or shine, cela va sans dire, there is no question, no question, not a shadow of doubt, there is not a shadow of doubt, the die is cast, facts are stubborn things.