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adjective

Indispensable adj.

Not dispensable; impossible to be omitted, remitted, or spared; absolutely necessary or requisite.

(Eccl.) Not admitting dispensation; not subject to release or exemption. (R.) "The law was moral and indispensable."

Unavoidable; inevitable. (Obs.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... economize the lives of our gallant officers and men, as well as to ensure success, it became indispensable that this resolution should be long masked from the enemy; and again, that the new movement, when discovered, should be mistaken for a feint, and the old as indicating our true and ...

— The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 • J. F. Loubat

... complications that have arisen. To prevent the incalculable consequences, equally disastrous for all the Powers, which can follow the method of action of the Austro-Hungarian Government, it seems indispensable to us that above all the delay given to Servia to reply should be extended. Austria-Hungary, declaring herself disposed to inform the Powers of the results of the inquiry upon which the Imperial ...

— The Evidence in the Case • James M. Beck

... Great Britain. It will be found, however, that the treatment of the earlier period is brief, and only sufficient for a clear comprehension of the five years of intense international strain preceding the final rupture; years the full narrative of which is indispensable to appreciating the grounds and development of the quarrel,—to realize what they fought ...

— Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 - Volume 1 • Alfred Thayer Mahan

... Cappadocia, carefully cherished, and only worn on special occasions—the last being the evening on which he had taken supper at the house of the Baptist minister. If there was something slightly rustic about the cut or set of the coat, Millard did not suspect it. The only indispensable thing about clothes is that the wearer shall be at peace with them. Poor Richard ventured the proposition that "our neighbors' eyes" are the costliest things in life, but Bonhomme Richard may have been a little off the mark just there. Other people's opinions about my garments ...

— The Faith Doctor - A Story of New York • Edward Eggleston

... the troops which may be deemed indispensable will be entitled to mature consideration. In the arrangements which may be made respecting it it will be of importance to conciliate the comfortable support of the officers and soldiers with ...

— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Section 1 (of 4) of Volume 1: George Washington • James D. Richardson

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