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Inflexibility


INFLEXIBIL'ITY

INFLEX'IBLE, adjective [Latin inflexibilis.]

1. That cannot be bent; as an inflexible oak.

2. That will not yield to prayers or arguments; firm in purpose; not to be prevailed on; that cannot be turned; as a man of upright and inflexible temper.

3. Not to be changed or altered.

The nature of things is inflexible.