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Adjective: inviolable  in'vI-u-lu-bul
  1. Not capable of being violated or infringed
    "inviolable human rights";
    - absolute, infrangible
     
  2. Must be kept safe, held in respect and free from violation or damage
    "The constitution was considered inviolable by the nation's founders";
    - inviolate, sacrosanct
     
  3. Incapable of being transgressed or dishonoured
    "the person of the king is inviolable"; "an inviolable oath";
    - irrefrangible
     
  4. Immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
    "fortifications that made the frontier inviolable";
    - impregnable [rare], secure, strong, unassailable, unattackable

See also: inalienable, invulnerable, sacred, unalienable, unassailable, untouchable

Antonym: violable

Encyclopedia: Inviolable