Dictionary

inviolate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈvaɪ.əʊˌleɪt/ (UK)
• /ɪnˈvaɪ.ə.lət/ (UK)
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Etymology

From Middle English inviolat, inviolate, from Latin inviolātus. By surface analysis, in- (“not”) + violate (adjective).

Meanings

1. Not violated; free from violation or hurt of any kind; secure against violation or impairment.
   • His fortune of arms was still inviolate. 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC:
   • A partner can also, hopefully, be trusted more fully than any other person in our lives. Our courts recognize this by refusing to allow a person to testify against his or her spouse. The sanctity of the home, by which they mean the couple, is inviolate. 1987 February 8, Robert Storen, “On Being Cozy with Mister Right”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 29, page 12:
2. Incorruptible.
   • inviolate truth 1668, John Denham, Of Prudence (poem)
   • There chaste Alceste lives inviolate. 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Virgils Gnat”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:

Forms

Relateds

inviolateness · inviolately · inviolacy

Synonyms

unviolate

Translations (20)

ur استوار (Translations) · it impenetrato (Translations) · ga ógh (Translations) · xcl կոյս (Translations) · la intemerātus (Translations) · de unbeschadet (Translations) · grc ἀκραιφνής (Translations) · ang unwemme (Translations) · gv neuhrulleeit (Translations) · sh све̑т (Translations) · el απαραβίαστος (Translations) · gv slane (Translations) · ang unġewemmed (Translations) · fr inviolé (Translations) · grc ᾰ̓́σῡλος (Translations) · la inviolātus (Translations) · it inviolato (Translations) · es inviolado (Translations) · uk непору́шений (Translations) · sh svȇt (Translations)