inviolable

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈvaɪələbl̩/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Hyphenation: in‧vi‧o‧la‧ble

Adjective

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inviolable (comparative more inviolable, superlative most inviolable)

  1. Not violable; not to be infringed.
    Synonyms: unbreakable, unbreachable
    Antonyms: (incapable of being complied) incompliable, (capable of being violated) violable, (capable of being violated) breakable
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. [], London: [] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker []; [a]nd by Robert Boulter []; [a]nd Matthias Walker, [], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [], London: Basil Montagu Pickering [], 1873, →OCLC, lines 842–844:
      But come, for thou, be ſure, ſhalt give account / To him who ſent us, whoſe charge is to keep / This place inviolable, and therefore theſe from harm.
    • a. 1682, Sir Thomas Browne, “Christian Morals”, in Henry Gardiner, editor, Religio Medici, together with a Letter to a Friend on the Death of His Intimate Friend and Christian Morals, London: W. Pickering, published 1845, part III, page 337:
      But honeſt men’s words are Stygian oaths, and promiſes inviolable.
    • 1828, Thomas Castaly, “The Recorder”, in Fanny with Other Poems, page 87:
      One more request, and I am lost, / If you its earnest prayer deny ; / It is, that you preserve the most / Inviolable secrecy / As to my plan.
    • 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed[1]:
      "Now, Mr. Jones, having obtained your promise of inviolable secrecy, I come down to the essential point."
  2. Not susceptible to violence, or of being profaned, corrupted, or dishonoured.
    Synonyms: holy, sacred, sacrosanct
    Antonym: violable
  3. Incapable of being injured or invaded; indestructible.
    Synonyms: invincible, unassailable
    Antonym: invadable

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French

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Etymology

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From Latin inviolābilis (untouchable).

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inviolable (plural inviolables)

  1. inviolable

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin inviolābilis (untouchable).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /imbjoˈlable/ [ĩm.bjoˈla.β̞le]
  • Rhymes: -able
  • Syllabification: in‧vio‧la‧ble

Adjective

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inviolable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inviolables)

  1. inviolable

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