inviolate

The definition of inviolate is something secure or unbroken.

(adjective)

An example of inviolate is an ancient holy place that remains unspoiled by human occupation.

See inviolate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

not violated; kept sacred or unbroken

Origin: ME < L inviolatus: see in- & violate

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See inviolate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Not violated or profaned; intact: “The great inviolate place had an ancient permanence which the sea cannot claim” (Thomas Hardy).

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Latin inviolātus

Origin: : in-, not; see in-¹

Origin: + violātus

Origin: , past participle of violāre, to violate; see violate

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