inviolable

[ in-vahy-uh-luh-buhl ]

/ ɪnˈvaɪ ə lə bəl /

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Definition of inviolable

adjective

prohibiting violation; secure from destruction, violence, infringement, or desecration: an inviolable sanctuary;an inviolable promise.

incapable of being violated; impregnable; unassailable: inviolable secrecy.

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Origin of inviolable

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin inviolābilis; see in-³, violable

OTHER WORDS FROM inviolable

in·vi·o·la·bil·i·ty [in-vahy-uh-luh-bil-i-tee] /ɪnˌvaɪ ə ləˈbɪl ɪ ti/ Rare, in·vi·o·la·ble·ness, nounin·vi·o·la·bly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH inviolable

inviolable , inviolate

Words nearby inviolable

invigorate, invigorating, invincible, in vino veritas, inviolability, inviolable, inviolate, inviscid, invisible, invisible balance, invisible glass

How to use inviolable in a sentence

If this degree of chaotic improvisation exists within Sochi, just how inviolable is that Ring of Steel around it?
Don’t You Dare Call Russians Thin-Skinned!|Liesl Schillinger|February 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the past year, several tech companies that once seem inviolable have fractured badly—Research in Motion and Nokia most notably.
Yahoo Aims to Achieve Turnaround Dream With Hire of Marissa Mayer|Zachary Karabell|July 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Article 54 of the Kuwaiti constitution stipulates that the emir is “immune and inviolable.”
U.S. Challenge on Kuwait’s Death Penalty for Blasphemy: How Far to Intercede|David Keyes|May 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He told me that in business dealings a handshake was inviolable.
What the Richest Men in the World Don't Know|Barbara Goldsmith|January 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST

Take care of what you are about to do, Seor Captain: I belong to the church, and this gown renders me inviolable.
The Border Rifles|Gustave Aimard
Again the brothers glanced at each other with a look which said: "The hotel de Soissons is inviolable."
Catherine de' Medici|Honore de Balzac
His claim to it could not be maintained by law, but was confirmed by public opinion and by inviolable custom.
The Private Life of the Romans|Harold Whetstone Johnston
If there be no law, sacred and inviolable, not created by man, what standard can we find to judge whether an act be just or not?
The Life of Mazzini|Bolton King
The persons of the tribunes were declared inviolable, and any one who attacked them was thought to be accursed.
The Two Great Republics: Rome and the United States|James Hamilton Lewis

British Dictionary definitions for inviolable

inviolable

/ (ɪnˈvaɪələbəl) /

adjective

that must not or cannot be transgressed, dishonoured, or broken; to be kept sacredan inviolable oath

Derived forms of inviolable

inviolability or inviolableness, nouninviolably, adverb

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