Adjective: inviolable in'vI-u-lu-bul
- Not capable of being violated or infringed
"inviolable human rights";
- absolute, infrangible
- 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
- Incapable of being transgressed or dishonoured
"the person of the king is inviolable"; "an inviolable oath";
- irrefrangible
- 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