inviolable
1. incapable of being transgressed or dishonored - the person of the king is inviolable - an inviolable oath • Ant: violable • Similar to: unassailable, untouchable 2. immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with - an impregnable fortress - fortifications that made the frontier inviolable - a secure telephone connection • Syn: impregnable, secure, strong, unassailable, unattackable • Similar to: invulnerable • Derivationally related forms: impregnability (for: impregnable), secureness (for: secure) 3. must be kept sacred • Syn: inviolate, sacrosanct • Similar to: sacred 4. not capable of being violated or infringed - infrangible human rights • Syn: absolute, infrangible • Similar to: inalienable, unalienable • Derivationally related forms: absoluteness (for: absolute)
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