fallibility

fallibility
noun Date: 1634 liability to err

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • Fallibility — Fal li*bil i*ty, n. The state of being fallible; liability to deceive or to be deceived; as, the fallibity of an argument or of an adviser. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fallibility — 1630s; see FALLIBLE (Cf. fallible) + ITY (Cf. ity) …   Etymology dictionary

  • fallibility — fallible ► ADJECTIVE ▪ capable of making mistakes or being wrong. DERIVATIVES fallibility noun fallibly adverb. ORIGIN Latin fallibilis, from fallere deceive …   English terms dictionary

  • fallibility — See fallible. * * * …   Universalium

  • fallibility — noun a) The state of being prone to error. b) An error generating characteristic …   Wiktionary

  • fallibility — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. imperfection, misjudgment, frailty, liability to error, unreliability, errancy; see also uncertainty 2 …   English dictionary for students

  • fallibility — fal·li·bil·i·ty || ‚fælÉ™ bɪlÉ™tɪ n. liability to err or make a mistake …   English contemporary dictionary

  • fallibility — n. Frailty, imperfection, uncertainty, liability to error …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • fallibility — n imperfection, errability, errancy, liability to error …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • fallibility — fal·li·bil·i·ty …   English syllables

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