Inviolable
[ɪn'vaɪələb(ə)l] or [ɪn'vaɪələbl]
Definition
(adj.) must be kept sacred .
(adj.) incapable of being transgressed or dishonored; 'the person of the king is inviolable'; 'an inviolable oath' .
Checker: Nicole--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not violable; not susceptible of hurt, wound, or harm (used with respect to either physical or moral damage); not susceptible of being profaned or corrupted; sacred; holy; as, inviolable honor or chastity; an inviolable shrine.
(a.) Unviolated; uninjured; undefiled; uncorrupted.
(a.) Not capable of being broken or violated; as, an inviolable covenant, agreement, promise, or vow.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Not to be violated, not to be broken.[2]. Sacred, not to be profaned, not to be injured.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Impregnable, invincible, strict, immovable, unimpeachable, unalterable
ANT:Alterable, weak, frail
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Definition
adj. that cannot be profaned: that cannot be injured.—ns. Inviolabil′ity Invī′olableness the quality of being inviolable.—adv. Invī′olably.—adjs. Invī′olāte -d not violated: unprofaned: uninjured.—adv. Invī′olātely without violation.—n. Invī′olāteness the quality of being inviolate.
Typist: Xavier
Examples
- It was strange how inviolable was the intimacy which existed between him and Hermione. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Your lives and property are sacred and inviolable amongst one another until the end of time. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was getting stronger, it was re-asserting itself, the inviolable moon. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- From this time, an inviolable sphere of peace encompassed the lowly heart of the oppressed one,--an ever-present Saviour hallowed it as a temple. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The salvation of the state is held rather to depend on the inviolable maintenance of them. Plato. The Republic.
- The property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Typist: Xavier