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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Infallible \In*fal"li*ble\, adjective [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) 2.0 [wn]:
infallible
adjective: incapable of failure or error; "an infallible antidote"; "an infallible memmory"; "the Catholic Church considers the Pope infallible"; "no doctor is infallible" [ant: {fallible}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
79 Moby Thesaurus words for "infallible": absolute, acceptable, agreeable, beyond all praise, certain, chaste, close, constant, correct, defectless, delicate, dependable, direct, effective, efficacious, efficient, even, exact, express, faithful, faultless, fine, flawless, foolproof, handy, helpful, ideal, immaculate, impeccable, indefectible, indefective, inerrable, inerrant, irreproachable, just right, mathematical, micrometrically precise, microscopic, nice, oracular, peerless, perfect, pinpoint, precise, pure, refined, reliable, religious, religiously exact, rigid, rigorous, satisfactory, satisfying, scientific, scientifically exact, secure, severe, sinless, spotless, square, stainless, strict, subtle, sure, surefire, taintless, unadulterated, unblemished, uncontaminated, undeceivable, undeviating, unerring, unfailing, unfaultable, unmistaken, unmixed, unspotted, untainted, useful
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