Indispensable

a.	1.
	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. The law was moral and indispensable. - Bp. Burnet.
	3.	Unavoidable; inevitable.

Adj.	1.	indispensable - not to be dispensed with; essential; "foods indispensable to good nutrition" Antonyms: dispensable - capable of being dispensed with or done without; "dispensable items of personal property"
	2.	indispensable - absolutely necessary; vitally necessary; "essential tools and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of the project"; "an indispensable worker" Synonyms: essential
	3.	indispensable - unavoidable; "the routine but indispensable ceremonies of state"

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