indelible

From Latin indelebilis (“indestructible”).

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdɛləbl/

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indelible (comparative more indelible, superlative most indelible)

1. Having the quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface.

   Synonym: unerasable

   Antonyms: delible, uninsertable

   This ink spot on the contract is indelible.

   This stain on my shirt is indelible.

2. Incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten.

   Synonym: unerasable

   That horrible story just might make an indelible impression on the memory.

   • 2014, Ruzwana Bashir, "The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim", The Guardian, 29 August 2014:

     During our investigation it became clear that for three decades many other women had suffered at the hands of our abuser, but they had refused to testify against him because of the indelible stigma it would bring.

3. Incapable of being annulled.
   • Sprat (Can we date this quote?)

     They are endued with indelible power from above.

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