Inviolable
adjective
Something that can't be broken or violated.
The fundamental human rights are inviolable and must be respected always.
Often appears as...
- inviolable rights
- inviolable principle
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Academic
adjective
Something too important to be ignored or treated with disrespect.
He has an inviolable belief in the company's mission and values.
Often appears as...
- inviolable faith
- inviolable trust
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Business
adjective
Safe from physical or moral harm.
The Constitution ensures inviolable rights to every citizen.
Often appears as...
- inviolable sanctuary
- inviolable refuge
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Legal
adjective
Something that can't be broken or violated.
The fundamental human rights are inviolable and must be respected always.
Often appears as...
- inviolable rights
- inviolable principle
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
adjective
Something too important to be ignored or treated with disrespect.
He has an inviolable belief in the company's mission and values.
Often appears as...
- inviolable faith
- inviolable trust
Usage tips
Formal
Business
adjective
Safe from physical or moral harm.
The Constitution ensures inviolable rights to every citizen.
Often appears as...
- inviolable sanctuary
- inviolable refuge
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Not Literal
Even though 'inviolable' suggests something strong, it's often used in a symbolic or moral sense, not physical.
The inviolable nature of one's personal freedom is a philosophical concept.
Pro Tip 2/3Severity of Violation
'Inviolable' implies that any breach is considered extremely serious, not just a minor infraction.
An inviolable ceasefire means no violations are tolerated, not even small ones.
Pro Tip 3/3Unchanging State
'Inviolable' can describe something that remains unchanged over time, resisting any alteration.
The inviolable traditions of our ancestors are still followed to this day.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Literal
Even though 'inviolable' suggests something strong, it's often used in a symbolic or moral sense, not physical.
The inviolable nature of one's personal freedom is a philosophical concept.
Pro Tip 2/3Severity of Violation
'Inviolable' implies that any breach is considered extremely serious, not just a minor infraction.
An inviolable ceasefire means no violations are tolerated, not even small ones.
Pro Tip 3/3Unchanging State
'Inviolable' can describe something that remains unchanged over time, resisting any alteration.
The inviolable traditions of our ancestors are still followed to this day.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Literal
Even though 'inviolable' suggests something strong, it's often used in a symbolic or moral sense, not physical.
The inviolable nature of one's personal freedom is a philosophical concept.
Pro Tip 2/3Severity of Violation
'Inviolable' implies that any breach is considered extremely serious, not just a minor infraction.
An inviolable ceasefire means no violations are tolerated, not even small ones.
Pro Tip 3/3Unchanging State
'Inviolable' can describe something that remains unchanged over time, resisting any alteration.
The inviolable traditions of our ancestors are still followed to this day.
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Video examples
Grand Canyon Adventure:...
working on comes down to a single question, that question is this, how do we view this space? How do we view it as citizens, how do we view it as Americans. Do we view it as a place that is sacrosanct and holy and inviolable,
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Inside the mind of a...
to the inviolable truths, incontestable truths, I developed a more nuanced understanding.
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Grand Canyon Adventure:...
working on comes down to a single question, that question is this, how do we view this space? How do we view it as citizens, how do we view it as Americans. Do we view it as a place that is sacrosanct and holy and inviolable,
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Inside the mind of a...
to the inviolable truths, incontestable truths, I developed a more nuanced understanding.
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Quote examples
Michael Wolff
American Author
In the litany of issues that separate the two Americas - one more conservative and one more liberal, increasingly as opposed and intractable and opaque to each other as the Palestinians and Israelis - none is so fierce, precise, inviolable and confounding to the other side as guns.
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William E. Gladstone
British Leader
Remember the rights of the savage, as we call him. Remember that the happiness of his humble home, remember that the sanctity of life in the hill villages of Afghanistan, among the winter snows, is as inviolable in the eye of Almighty God, as can be your own.
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Andrew Solomon
Writer
A great hope gets crushed every time someone reminds us that happiness can be neither assumed nor earned; that we are all prisoners of our own flawed brains; that the ultimate aloneness in each of us is, finally, inviolable.
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Brian Greene
American Physicist
The melded nature of space and time is intimately woven with properties of light speed. The inviolable nature of the speed of light is actually, in Einstein's hands, talking about the inviolable nature of cause and effect.
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Danielle Steel
American Novelist
The records of adopted children are sealed in California. That seal is considered inviolable... The judge ruled that, because I was famous, he didn't have the same rights as other kids.
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Stephen Miller
American Public Servant
The U.S. government has a sacred, solemn, inviolable obligation to enforce the laws of the United States to stop illegal immigration and to secure and protect the borders.
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Gad Saad
Canadian Scientist
One's political views and/or religious beliefs should not exist in an impenetrable and inviolable bubble wherein they are protected from criticism or scrutiny.
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Peter Coyote
American Actor
The body is an inviolable limit. And you have to really hurt it before you know that.
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Michael Wolff
American Author
In the litany of issues that separate the two Americas - one more conservative and one more liberal, increasingly as opposed and intractable and opaque to each other as the Palestinians and Israelis - none is so fierce, precise, inviolable and confounding to the other side as guns.
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William E. Gladstone
British Leader
Remember the rights of the savage, as we call him. Remember that the happiness of his humble home, remember that the sanctity of life in the hill villages of Afghanistan, among the winter snows, is as inviolable in the eye of Almighty God, as can be your own.
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Andrew Solomon
Writer
A great hope gets crushed every time someone reminds us that happiness can be neither assumed nor earned; that we are all prisoners of our own flawed brains; that the ultimate aloneness in each of us is, finally, inviolable.
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Brian Greene
American Physicist
The melded nature of space and time is intimately woven with properties of light speed. The inviolable nature of the speed of light is actually, in Einstein's hands, talking about the inviolable nature of cause and effect.
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Danielle Steel
American Novelist
The records of adopted children are sealed in California. That seal is considered inviolable... The judge ruled that, because I was famous, he didn't have the same rights as other kids.
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Stephen Miller
American Public Servant
The U.S. government has a sacred, solemn, inviolable obligation to enforce the laws of the United States to stop illegal immigration and to secure and protect the borders.
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Gad Saad
Canadian Scientist
One's political views and/or religious beliefs should not exist in an impenetrable and inviolable bubble wherein they are protected from criticism or scrutiny.
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Peter Coyote
American Actor
The body is an inviolable limit. And you have to really hurt it before you know that.
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