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Found 3 hits - Term: inviolable, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
inviolable \invi"olable\, a. l. inviolabilis: cf. f.
   inviolable. see inviolate, a.
   1913 webster
   1. not violable; not susceptible of hurt, wound, or harm
      used with respect to either physical or moral damage;
      not susceptible of being profaned or corrupted; sacred;
      holy; as, inviolable honor or chastity; an inviolable
      shrine.
      1913 webster

            he tried a third, a tough, well-chosen spear,
            the inviolable body stood sincere.    --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. unviolated; uninjured; undefiled; uncorrupted.
      1913 webster

            for thou, be sure, shalt give account
            to him who sent us, whose charge is to keep
            this place inviolable, and these from harm.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. not capable of being broken or violated; as, an inviolable
      covenant, agreement, promise, or vow.
      1913 webster

            their almighty maker first ordained
            and bound them with inviolable bands. --spenser.
      1913 webster

            and keep our faiths firm and inviolable. --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
inviolate 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
inviolable
     adj 1: that cannot be transgressed or dishonored; "the person of
            the king is inviolable"; "an inviolable oath" ant: violable
     2: able to withstand attack; "an impregnable fortress";
        "fortifications that made the frontier inviolable" syn: impregnable,
         secure, strong, unassailable, unattackable
     3: must be kept sacred syn: inviolate, sacrosanct
     4: not capable of being violated or infringed; "infrangible
        human rights" syn: absolute, infrangible
see also:
violable impregnable secure strong unassailable unattackable 
inviolate sacrosanct absolute infrangible 
[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
60 moby thesaurus words for "inviolable":
   awesome, awful, blessed, chaste, consecrated, dependable, divine,
   faithworthy, hallowed, heavenly, holy, impenetrable, impregnable,
   incontestable, incorruptible, indomitable, ineffable, inenarrable,
   inexpressible, inexpugnable, insuperable, invincible, inviolate,
   invulnerable, irresistible, numinous, overpowering, overwhelming,
   proven, pure, reliable, religious, resistless, responsible, sacred,
   sacrosanct, spiritual, straight, sure, tested, to be trusted,
   tried, tried and true, true, trustable, trustworthy, trusty,
   unassailable, unbeatable, unconquerable, unfalse, unperfidious,
   unspeakable, unsubduable, unsurmountable, untouchable,
   untreacherous, unutterable, unyielding, venerable





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