inviolable
- prohibiting violation; secure from destruction, violence, infringement, or desecration: an inviolable sanctuary; an inviolable promise.
- incapable of being violated; incorruptible; unassailable: inviolable secrecy.
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sacrosanct, holy, sacred, durable, invincible, stable, unbreakable, unassailableExamples from the Web for inviolable
Contemporary Examples of inviolable
If this degree of chaotic improvisation exists within Sochi, just how inviolable is that Ring of Steel around it?
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.
Historical Examples of inviolable
I must instruct you in the laws they observe in their cups; laws sacred and inviolable.
Ebrietatis EncomiumBoniface Oinophilus
In this he had given me an inviolable fidelity to the very last.
The Autobiography of Madame GuyonJeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
Medina should be sacred and inviolable for all who joined the treaty.
A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihd'Moulavi Gergh Ali
She had thought that people's private belongings, like their persons, were inviolable.
The Coast of ChanceEsther Chamberlain
Because he is a representative, because he is inviolable, because he is consecrated by the votes of the people.
Napoleon the LittleVictor Hugo
inviolable
- that must not or cannot be transgressed, dishonoured, or broken; to be kept sacredan inviolable oath