inviolable
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Inviolable \In*vi"o*la*ble\, a. [L. inviolabilis: cf. F.
inviolable. See {Inviolate}, a.]
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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.
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He tried a third, a tough, well-chosen spear,
The inviolable body stood sincere. --Dryden.
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2. Unviolated; uninjured; undefiled; uncorrupted.
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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.
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3. Not capable of being broken or violated; as, an inviolable
covenant, agreement, promise, or vow.
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Their almighty Maker first ordained
And bound them with inviolable bands. --Spenser.
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And keep our faiths firm and inviolable. --Shak.
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from
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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