Inviolate Definition

ĭn-vīə-lĭt
adjective
Not violated; kept sacred or unbroken.
Webster's New World

Not violated; free from violation or hurt of any kind; secure against violation or impairment.

Wiktionary

Incorruptible.

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Origin of Inviolate

  • Middle English from Latin inviolātus in- not in–1 violātus past participle of violāre to violate violate

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin inviolatus.

    From Wiktionary

Inviolate Sentence Examples

  • Species barriers are significant in nature, but not inviolate, he said.

  • One proof that the human telos or essence is inviolate is exploitation, the violation of our claims to material equality.

  • James Thomson (" B.V.") speaks " of the restful rapture of the inviolate grave," and sings the praises of death and of oblivion.

  • Lighted tapers are also placed in the hands of the newly-baptized, or of their god-parents, with the admonition " to preserve their baptism inviolate, so that they may go to meet the Lord when he comes to the wedding."

  • They can appeal to a half century of border stability which, however smashed down elsewhere, remains inviolate in Central Europe.

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