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inviolable

adjective

in·​vi·​o·​la·​ble (ˌ)in-ˈvī-ə-lə-bəl How to pronounce inviolable (audio)
1
: secure from violation or profanation
an inviolable law
2
: secure from assault or trespass : unassailable
inviolable borders
inviolableness noun
inviolably adverb

Did you know?

Inviolable is a venerable word that has been with us since the 15th century. Its opposite, "violable" ("capable of being or likely to be violated") appeared a century later. The English playwright Shackerley Marmion made good use of "violable" in A Fine Companion in 1633, writing, "Alas, my heart is Tender and violable with the least weapon Sorrow can dart at me." But English speakers have never warmed up to that word the way we have to "inviolable," and it continues to be used much less frequently. Both terms descend from Latin violare, which both shares the meaning and is an ancestor of the English word violate.

Example Sentences

a person with inviolable moral standards an inviolable trust between lawyer and client
Recent Examples on the Web To recognize that animals have consciousness would be a first step toward considering them in possession of inviolable rights alongside our own. Camille Bromley, The Atlantic, 18 July 2022 On the flip side, though, the Apple Messages app has for years played by a certain set of rules, relegating texts from non-iPhone users that flow into the app to ugly green bubble status with an inviolable finality. Andy Meek, BGR, 20 June 2022 The binge-it-all-at-once model, for example, is no longer inviolable. Andy Meek, BGR, 19 June 2022 But the idea that Russia has an inviolable right — for linguistic, historical, legal or other reasons — to control bits of foreign land, extends far beyond Ukraine to myriad places that the Kremlin views as its own. New York Times, 4 May 2022 Priorities of care, of friends and family — yes, those were altered to a degree, but writing is its own inviolable thing. Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2022 According to Putin’s reading of history, the invasion would enshrine the inviolable unity of Ukraine and Russia. The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2022 For example, the dignity of persons is an inviolable reality. Andrew T. Walker, National Review, 28 Feb. 2022 The report has forced the German Church to ponder its recent past, a period shaped by Ratzinger’s view of Catholic doctrine as inviolable and the Church as the last redoubt of order and stability in a rapidly changing world. Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin inviolabilis, from in- + violare to violate

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of inviolable was in the 15th century

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