Thesaurus: indispensable

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1. a. Not dispensable; impossible to be omitted, remitted, or spared; absolutely necessary or requisite.
2. a. Not admitting dispensation; not subject to release or exemption.
3. a. Unavoidable; inevitable.
4. adj. not to be dispensed with; essential
5. adj. absolutely necessary; vitally necessary
6. adj. unavoidable
7. 1. Not dispensable; impossible to be omitted, remitted, or spared; absolutely necessary or requisite. 2. (Eccl.) Not admitting dispensation; not subject to release or exemption. [R.] The law was moral and indispensable. Bp. Burnet. 3. Unavoidable; inevitable. [Obs.] Fuller.
8. Not admitting dispensation; not subject to release orexemption. [R.]The law was moral and indispensable. Bp. Burnet.
9. j:100 a. not to be dispensed with; essential s. unavoidable