inviolable
English
Etymology
From Middle French inviolable, from Latin inviolābilis (“untouchable”), from violō (“violate”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
inviolable (comparative more inviolable, superlative most inviolable)
- Not violable; not to be infringed.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →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.
- Not susceptible to violence, or of being profaned, corrupted, or dishonoured.
- Incapable of being injured or invaded; indestructible.
Synonyms
- (not violable): unbreakable, unbreachable
- (not susceptible of being profaned): holy, sacred, sacrosanct
- (incapable of being injured or invaded): invincible, unassailable
Antonyms
- (not violable): incompliable (incapable of being complied); violable, breakable (capable of being violated)
- (not susceptible of being profaned): violable
- (incapable of being injured or invaded): invadable
Derived terms
Translations
not violable; not to be infringed
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incapable of being injured or invaded
References
- “inviolable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “inviolable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
Etymology
From Latin inviolābilis (“untouchable”).
Adjective
inviolable (plural inviolables)
Further reading
- “inviolable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin inviolābilis (“untouchable”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
inviolable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inviolables)
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