inviolate
adjective/ɪnˈvaɪələt/
/ɪnˈvaɪələt/
(formal)- that has been, or must be, respected and cannot be attacked or destroyed
- Their privacy remained inviolate.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin inviolatus, from in- ‘not’ + violare ‘violate’.Definitions on the go
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