Inviolable

Origin

From Middle French inviolable, from Latin inviolabilis.

Full definition of inviolable

Adjective

1. Not violable; not to be infringed.
2. Not susceptible of violence, or of being profaned, corrupted, or dishonoured.
3. Incapable of being injured or invaded.

Derived terms

• inviolability
• inviolableness
• inviolably

Synonyms

• (not violable) unbreakable, unbreachable
• (not susceptible of being profaned) holy, sacred, sacrosanct
• (incapable of being injured or invaded) invincible, unassailable

Antonyms

• (not violable) incompliable (incapable of being complied); violable, breakable (capable of being violated)
• (not susceptible of being profaned) violable
• (incapable of being injured or invaded) invadable