unalterability

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un·al·ter·a·ble

(ŭn-ôl′tər-ə-bəl)

adj.

Impossible to alter: the unalterable season of bitter cold in Siberia.

un·al′ter·a·bil′i·ty, un·al′ter·a·ble·ness n.

un·al′ter·a·bly adv.

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unalterability

(ʌnˌɔːltərəˈbɪlitɪ) or

unalterableness

the state or quality of not being alterable or not being able to be changed

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Noun	1.	unalterability - the quality of not being alterable immutability, immutableness, fixity - the quality of being incapable of mutation; "Darwin challenged the fixity of species" incurability - incapability of being altered in disposition or habits; "the incurability of his optimism" alterability - the quality of being alterable
	2.	unalterability - the quality of being fixed and unchangeable; "the fixedness of his gaze upset her" fixedness unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness, changelessness - the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged

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