violable

[ vahy-uh-luh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being violated:

   a violable precept.

Other Words From

• vio·la·bili·ty vio·la·ble·ness noun
• vio·la·bly adverb
• nonvi·o·la·bili·ty noun
• non·vio·la·ble adjective
• non·vio·la·ble·ness noun
• non·vio·la·bly adverb
• un·vio·la·ble adjective
• un·vio·la·ble·ness noun
• un·vio·la·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of violable¹

1425–75; late Middle English: destructive < Latin violābilis, equivalent to violā ( re ) to violate + -bilis -ble

Example Sentences

Maximilian had too late come to understand that his anointed flesh was violable at all.

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