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View synonyms for inviolable

inviolable

[ in-vahy-uh-luh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. prohibiting violation; secure from destruction, violence, infringement, or desecration:

    an inviolable sanctuary;

    an inviolable promise.

  2. incapable of being violated; impregnable; unassailable:

    inviolable secrecy.



inviolable

/ ɪnˈvaɪələbəl /

adjective

  1. that must not or cannot be transgressed, dishonoured, or broken; to be kept sacred

    an inviolable oath

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • inˌviolaˈbility, noun
  • inˈviolably, adverb
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Other Words From

  • in·vi·o·la·bil·i·ty [in-vahy-, uh, -l, uh, -, bil, -i-tee] Rare, in·vi·o·la·ble·ness noun
  • in·vi·o·la·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inviolable1

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

If this degree of chaotic improvisation exists within Sochi, just how inviolable is that Ring of Steel around it?

In the past year, several tech companies that once seem inviolable have fractured badly—Research in Motion and Nokia most notably.

Article 54 of the Kuwaiti constitution stipulates that the emir is “immune and inviolable.”

He told me that in business dealings a handshake was inviolable.

Take care of what you are about to do, Seor Captain: I belong to the church, and this gown renders me inviolable.

Again the brothers glanced at each other with a look which said: "The hotel de Soissons is inviolable."

His claim to it could not be maintained by law, but was confirmed by public opinion and by inviolable custom.

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 persons of the tribunes were declared inviolable, and any one who attacked them was thought to be accursed.

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