inviolate

in·vi·o·late (

n-v

-l

adj.

Not violated or profaned; intact: "The great inviolate place had an ancient permanence which the sea cannot claim" (Thomas Hardy).

[Middle English, from Latin invioltus : in-, not; see in-¹ + violtus, past participle of violre, to violate; see violate.]

in·vio·la·cy (-l

-s

), in·vio·late·ness n.

in·vio·late·ly adv.

inviolate [ɪnˈvaɪəlɪt -ˌleɪt]

adj

1. free from violation, injury, disturbance, etc.

2. a less common word for inviolable

inviolacy , inviolateness n

inviolately adv

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Adj.	1.	inviolate - (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken; "she was intact, virginal" intact uninjured - not injured physically or mentally
	2.	inviolate - must be kept sacred sacrosanct, inviolable sacred - concerned with religion or religious purposes; "sacred texts"; "sacred rites"; "sacred music"

inviolate

adjective intact, whole, untouched, entire, pure, virgin, sacred, stainless, unbroken, unhurt, undisturbed, unsullied, unpolluted, unstained, undefiled We believed our love was inviolate.
violated, polluted, sullied, defiled, broken, abused, stained

Translations

inviolate [ɪnˈvaɪəlɪt] ADJ [land, possessions] → intacto (liter) [woman] → intacto, sin mancillar(liter)

inviolate

adj (form) honour → unbeschadet; rights → unangetastet

inviolate [ɪnˈvaɪəlɪt] adj → inviolato/a

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Preserved by three Brahmins, the inviolate deity, bearing the Yellow Diamond in its forehead, was removed by night, and was transported to the second of the sacred cities of India-- the city of Benares.

The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context

Outwardly, dark green arms keep them inviolate from curious or indifferent eyes.

Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context

A part of the duty of this body, as marked out by the constitution, was "to inquire whether the constitution had been preserved inviolate in every part; and whether the legislative and executive branches of government had performed their duty as guardians of the people, or assumed to themselves, or exercised, other or greater powers than they are entitled to by the constitution.

Federalist Papers Authored by James Madison by Madison, James View in context

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