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Meaning of 'inviolable'
Meaning of 'inviolable' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Inviolable 
[ a.]
- Not violable; not susceptible of hurt, wound, or harm
(used with respect to either physical or moral damage); not susceptible
of being profaned or corrupted; sacred; holy; as, inviolable honor or
chastity; an inviolable shrine. [ a.]- Unviolated; uninjured; undefiled; uncorrupted.
- Not capable of being broken or violated; as, an inviolable covenant, agreement, promise, or vow.
Meaning of 'inviolable' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. inviolable [ a]
[ a]Meaning (1):
- incapable of being transgressed or dishonored
- incapable of being transgressed or dishonored
Example in sentence:
- an inviolable oath;
- the person of the king is inviolable
2. inviolable [ s]
[ s]Meaning (2):
- immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
- immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
Example in sentence:
- a secure telephone connection;
- an impregnable fortress;
- fortifications that made the frontier inviolable
Meaning (3):
- not capable of being violated or infringed
- not capable of being violated or infringed
Example in sentence:
- infrangible human rights
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