inviolability

American  

[in-vahy-uh-luh-bil-i-tee] / ɪnˌvaɪ ə ləˈbɪl ɪ ti /

Rarely inviolableness

noun

1. the fact or quality of being safe or protected from attack, infringement, destruction, or interference.

   The inviolability of diplomatic agents is one of the long and well-recognized rules of international law.

   We will continue to take efficient measures to ensure the independence and inviolability of the courts.

2. the fact or quality of being held in reverence as something that must never be violated; sacredness.

   Our constitutional structure was built upon respect for the integrity and inviolability of the individual conscience.

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Etymology

Origin of inviolability

inviol(able) ( def. ) + -ability ( def. )

Example Sentences

Inviolability will else be impunity to all crimes, an encouragement for all treason—common sense demands that the punishment should follow the offence.

From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by Ryde, H. T.

Inviolability of landmarksEncroaching on the highway In ancient days great importance was attached to their preservation.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)

Inviolability of the laws of, among the Bedouin Arabs, 343.

From An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by Jackson, James Grey