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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishinviolablein‧vi‧o‧la‧ble /ɪnˈvaɪələbəl/ adjective formal KEEP/CONTINUE TO HAVEan inviolable right, law, principle etc is extremely important and should be treated with respect and not broken or removed —inviolability /ɪnˌvaɪələˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable] the inviolability of the country’s borders
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inviolable• Foster's set of negatives is a concise deconstruction of areas once considered inviolable.• In our society, however, children are held in theory at least to be sexually sacrosanct and inviolable.• Like my country, I too have spread myself to the invader, while remaining secretly inviolable.• Until his polar opposite steps lightly down on to his moon-paved home ground, the sleek beast-headed man sits at peace, inviolable.• What a man experiences in the privacy of his psyche must of necessity remain inviolate and inviolable.• She seemed possessed of an inviolable grace.
Origin inviolable (1400-1500) French Latin inviolabilis, from violare “to violate”
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