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inviolability

inviolability noun: the quality or state of being inviolable; inviolableness.

Noun

inviolability (countable and uncountable, plural inviolabilities)

  1. The quality or state of being inviolable; inviolableness.
    • Presidential acts of forgiveness in America seldom rattle confidence in the integrity of the judicial system or the inviolability of the rule of law.2025 January 22, Editorial Board, “Of mercy and grievance”, in The Christian Science Monitor

Forms of inviolability

pluralinviolabilities

Origin of inviolability

From Middle French inviolabilité, from Latin inviolabilitas.

Questions about inviolability

What does inviolability mean?
Inviolability means the quality or state of being inviolable; inviolableness.
What part of speech is inviolability?
Inviolability is a noun.
What is the plural of inviolability?
The plural of inviolability is inviolabilities.

Words near inviolability in the dictionary

  1. invincibleness
  2. invincibles
  3. Invincibleverse
  4. invincibly
  5. inviolabilities
  6. inviolability
  7. inviolable
  8. inviolableness
  9. inviolably
  10. inviolacies
  11. inviolacy

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