inviolable
adjective/ɪnˈvaɪələbl/
/ɪnˈvaɪələbl/
(formal)- that must be respected and not attacked or destroyed
- the inviolable right to life
- inviolable territory
- an inviolable rule
Word Originlate Middle English: from French, or from Latin inviolabilis, from in- ‘not’ + violabilis ‘able to be violated’ (from the verb violare).Definitions on the go
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