Word of the Day:
inviolate
What It Means
Not violated; free from violation or hurt of any kind; secure against violation or impairment.
Inviolate in Context
“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.”
Did You Know?
From Middle English inviolat, inviolate, from Latin inviolātus. By surface analysis, in- (“not”) + violate (adjective).
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