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UK
/ɪnvˈaɪələbəl/
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[ US /ˌɪnˈvaɪəɫəbəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnˈvaɪəɫəbəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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not capable of being violated or infringed
infrangible human rights -
immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
a secure telephone connection
fortifications that made the frontier inviolable
an impregnable fortress -
incapable of being transgressed or dishonored
an inviolable oath
the person of the king is inviolable - must be kept sacred
How To Use inviolable In A Sentence
- But the folks who treat this theory as some kind of inviolable economic law are refusing to look at the empirical data. Start a Business, Young Person, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
- The idea that a tank is "inviolable" - or "invincible" as some newspapers put it - is, in any event, laughable, straight out of the comic books. Archive 2007-04-01
- In the camps the barrios have inviolable boundaries; I wouldn't dare walk into black territory without being invited. THREE KINDS OF KISSING - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES
- In the camps the barrios have inviolable boundaries; I wouldn't dare walk into black territory without being invited. THREE KINDS OF KISSING - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES
- The property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable.
- But it is common with Mr. Mill and his school to think of law as _necessary inviolable_ sequence; whereas it is but a fixed mode of action whether _necessarily or freely_ determined; and it is a part of law that some activities should be liable to suspension or arrestment by others, and especially by the The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1
- Yet, withal, he plainly touches at the office of the high-priesthood, with which Augustus was invested, and which made his person more sacred and inviolable than even the tribunitial power. Dedication
- What a man experiences in the privacy of his psyche must of necessity remain inviolate and inviolable.
- the person of the king is inviolable
- The counter-argument is that those who believe this are just taking symbolism to the extreme, and symbols aren't inviolable.