inviolable
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in·vi·o·la·ble
(ĭn-vī′ə-lə-bəl)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 inviolābilis : in-, not; see in-1 + violāre, to violate; see violate.]
in·vi′o·la·bil′i·ty, in·vi′o·la·ble·ness n.
in·vi′o·la·bly adv.
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inviolable
(ɪnˈvaɪələbəl)adj
that must not or cannot be transgressed, dishonoured, or broken; to be kept sacred: an inviolable oath.
inˌviolaˈbility, inˈviolableness n
inˈviolably adv
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in•vi•o•la•ble
(ɪnˈvaɪ ə lə bəl)adj.
1. prohibiting violation; secure from destruction, violence, infringement, or desecration: an inviolable sanctuary.
2. incapable of being violated; unassailable.
[1400–50; late Middle English < Latin]
in•vi`o•la•bil′i•ty, n.
in•vi′o•la•bly, adv.
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Adj. | 1. | inviolable - incapable of being transgressed or dishonored; "the person of the king is inviolable"; "an inviolable oath" violable - capable of being violated; "a violable rule"; "a violable contract" |
2. | inviolable - immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with; "an impregnable fortress"; "fortifications that made the frontier inviolable"; "a secure telephone connection" invulnerable - immune to attack; impregnable; "gunners raked the beach from invulnerable positions on the cliffs" | |
3. | inviolable - must be kept sacred sacred - concerned with religion or religious purposes; "sacred texts"; "sacred rites"; "sacred music" | |
4. | inviolable - not capable of being violated or infringed; "infrangible human rights" inalienable, unalienable - incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another; "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights" |
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inviolable
adjective sacrosanct, sacred, hallowed, holy, inalienable, unalterable The game had a single inviolable rule
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inviolable
adjectiveProtected from violation or abuse by custom, law, or feelings of reverence:
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