indispensable

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   unavoidable

   the routine but indispensable ceremonies of state

2. 2
   adj

   Absolutely necessary or requisite; that one cannot do without.

   An indispensable component of a heart-healthy diet.

3. 3
   adj

   Unbendable, that cannot be set aside or ignored.

   The law was moral and indispensable.

4. 4
   adj

   not to be dispensed with

5. 5
   adj

   absolutely necessary

6. 6
   adj

   Not admitting ecclesiastical dispensation; not subject to release or exemption; that cannot be allowed by bending the canonical rules.

7. 7
   noun

   A thing that is not dispensable; a necessity.

8. 8
   noun

   Trousers.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French indispensable, from Medieval Latin indispensābilis, corresponding to in- + dispensable.