Infallibilities

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The qualities of being incapable of making mistakes or errors
2. Features that denote an absolute reliability in judgment or action
3. Characteristics that ensure a perfect correctness or truthfulness in decisions or beliefs

Etymology: "Infallibilities" is simply the plural of "infallibility," so it names more than one instance or kind of freedom from error. The base noun is built from the English adjective "infallible," which combines the prefix "in-" meaning "not" with "fallible," the quality of being capable of error. "Fallible" in turn comes from the Latin "fallere," meaning "to deceive" or "to cause to fail," which also gave English words such as "fail" and "fallacy." The suffix "-ity" turns the adjective into a noun of state, so "infallibility" names the condition of being incapable of error, and the plural form "infallibilities" treats that condition as something that can come in separate instances.

Synonyms: certainty, assurance, sureness, inerrancy, faultlessness

Antonyms: fallibility, uncertainty, doubt, inaccuracy, error