inviolable
Americanadjective
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prohibiting violation; secure from destruction, violence, infringement, or desecration.
an inviolable sanctuary;
an inviolable promise.
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incapable of being violated; impregnable; unassailable.
inviolable secrecy.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- inviolability noun
- inviolably adverb
Etymology
Origin of inviolable
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin inviolābilis; in- 3, violable
Example Sentences
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“They are turning on him, and it’s a sign of the inviolable trust being gone,” Madrid said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2025
In the face of ideological challenges and pragmatic objections, both men insisted that the dignity of each individual person was sacred and inviolable, and that individual rights must prevail against states and ideologies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
Article 2 of the constitution states that Ukraine's sovereignty "extends throughout its entire territory" which "within its present border is indivisible and inviolable".
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2025
Charter of 1945, guaranteeing all nations the right to independence and inviolable sovereignty.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2025
Although they seemed to ignore what both of them knew and what each one knew that the other knew, from that night on they were yoked together in an inviolable complicity.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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