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inviolability
(redirected from Sanctity of human life)

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in·vi·o·la·ble  (n-v-l-bl)
adj.
1. Secure from violation or profanation: an inviolable reliquary deep beneath the altar.
2. Impregnable to assault or trespass; invincible: fortifications that made the frontier inviolable.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin inviolbilis : in-, not; see in-1 + violre, to violate; see violate.]

in·vio·la·bili·ty, in·vio·la·ble·ness n.
in·vio·la·bly adv.
Translations
inviolability [ɪnˌvaɪələˈbɪlɪtɪ] Ninviolabilidad f
inviolability [ɪnˌvaɪələˈbɪlɪti] ninviolabilité f
inviolability
nUnantastbarkeit f; (of frontiers)Unverletzlichkeit f; (of law, oath)Heiligkeit f


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