English Explanatory Dictionary

inviolable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not violable; not to be infringed.
  2. Not susceptible to violence, or of being profaned, corrupted, or dishonoured.
  3. Incapable of being injured or invaded; indestructible.

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈvaɪələbl̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inviolable.wav

Word forms

inviolable more inviolable most inviolable

Etymology

From Middle French inviolable, from Latin inviolābilis (“untouchable”), from violō (“violate”).

Synonyms

unbreakable unbreachable infrangible holy sacred sacrosanct inviolable invincible unassailable

Antonyms

incompliable violable breakable invadable

Derived words

inviolability inviolableness inviolably
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