Inviolable

English

Adjective

Inviolable (comparative more Inviolable, superlative most Inviolable)

1. Not violable; not susceptible of violence, or of being profaned or corrupted; incapable of being injured; not to be infringed or dishonoured.

Synonyms

• durable
• holy
• invincible
• sacred
• sacrosanct
• unassailable
• unbreakable

Thesaurus

awesome, awful, blessed, chaste, consecrated, dependable, divine, faithworthy, hallowed, heavenly, holy, impenetrable, impregnable, incontestable, incorruptible, indomitable, ineffable, inenarrable, inexpressible, inexpugnable, insuperable, invincible, inviolate, invulnerable, irresistible, numinous, overpowering, overwhelming, proven, pure, reliable, religious, resistless, responsible, sacred, sacrosanct, spiritual, straight, sure, tested, to be trusted, tried, tried and true, true, trustable, trustworthy, trusty, unassailable, unbeatable, unconquerable, unfalse, unperfidious, unspeakable, unsubduable, unsurmountable, untouchable, untreacherous, unutterable, unyielding, venerable

Etymology

From Latin inviolabilis.

Translations

• Dutch: onschendbaar (nl)
• Finnish: loukkaamaton, koskematon
• Macedonian: неповредлив (mk) (nepóvredliv)

Derived terms

• inviolability
• inviolableness
• inviolably

References

• Inviolable in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Inviolable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913