indelible

adj

Etymology: From Latin indēlēbilis (“indestructible”). By surface analysis, in- + delible.

1. Having the quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface.

   “This ink spot on the contract is indelible.”

   “This stain on my shirt is indelible.”

2. Incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten.

   “That horrible story just might make an indelible impression on the memory.”

   “During our investigation it became clear that for three decades many other women had suffered at the hands of our abuser, but they had refused to testify against him because of the indelible stigma it would bring.”

3. Incapable of being annulled.

   “November 7, 1678, Thomas Sprat, a sermon preached at the Anniversary Meeting of the Sons of Clergymen in the Church of St Mary-le-Bow They are […] endued with indelible power from above.”