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Jun. 19, 2015
Word of the Day

inviolable Audio Pronunciation
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\in-VAHY-uh-luh-buhl\
adjective
1. prohibiting violation; secure from destruction, violence, infringement, or desecration: an inviolable sanctuary; an inviolable promise.
2. incapable of being violated; incorruptible; unassailable: inviolable secrecy.
Quotes
He was perfectly calm in death, and, now he was laid in line, inviolable, unapproachable. To Anna, he was the majesty of the inaccessible male, the majesty of death. It made her still and awe-stricken, almost glad.
-- D. H. Lawrence, The Rainbow, 1915
Origin
Inviolable came to English in the 1400s and can be traced to the Latin verb violāre meaning "to violate."
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