inviolate
UK/ɪnˈvaɪ.ə.lət/
inviolate adjective: not violated; free from violation or hurt of any kind; secure against violation or impairment.
Adjective
inviolate (comparative more inviolate, superlative most inviolate)
- 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...
- 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
- Synonyms:
- unviolate
- Incorruptible.
- inviolate truth1668, 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
inviolate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
inviolate in Tamil
- மீறக் கூடாத, உடைக்கப்படாத, சுத்தமான, புனிதமான, கைபடாத, கற்பு நீங்காத
inviolate in Urdu
- Translations
- استوار ustuwār
inviolate in Bengali
- অক্ষত, পবিত্র
inviolate in Malayalam
- unscathed, untouched, undamaged
- ദൂഷിതമല്ലാത്ത, അഭംഗമായ, അവൂഷിതമായ, ഊനമില്ലാത്ത, അനാഘ്രാത, ആരും സ്പർശിക്കാത്ത
Synonyms of inviolate
Forms of inviolate
| comparative | more inviolate |
|---|---|
| superlative | most inviolate |
Origin of inviolate
From Middle English inviolat, inviolate, from Latin inviolātus. By surface analysis, in- (“not”) + violate (adjective).
Questions about inviolate
- What does inviolate mean?
- Inviolate means not violated; free from violation or hurt of any kind; secure against violation or impairment.
- What is inviolate in Tamil?
- Inviolate in Tamil is மீறக் கூடாத, உடைக்கப்படாத, சுத்தமான. See Inviolate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is inviolate?
- Inviolate is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce inviolate?
- Inviolate is pronounced /ɪnˈvaɪ.ə.lət/ (UK).
Words near inviolate in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: inviolate (page history and authors); inviolate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Inviolate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inviolate (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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