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Infallibility

The quality or state of being infallible, or exempt from error; inerrability.

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Narrower term 1

Inerrancy 76% connected

Exemption from error.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 1

Reliability 76% connected

The state or quality of being reliable; reliableness.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Infallible 74% connected

Not fallible; not capable of erring; entirely exempt from liability to mistake; unerring; inerrable.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Infallible 74% connected

Not fallible; not capable of erring; entirely exempt from liability to mistake; unerring; inerrable.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Fallibility 94% connected

The state of being fallible; liability to deceive or to be deceived; as, the fallibity of an argument or of an adviser.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fallibility 94% connected

The state of being fallible; liability to deceive or to be deceived; as, the fallibity of an argument or of an adviser.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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