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Definition of inviolable adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

inviolable

adjective
 
/ɪnˈvaɪələbl/
 
/ɪnˈvaɪələbl/
(formal)
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  1. that must be respected and not attacked or destroyed
    • the inviolable right to life
    • inviolable territory
    • an inviolable rule
    Word Originlate Middle English: from French, or from Latin inviolabilis, from in- ‘not’ + violabilis ‘able to be violated’ (from the verb violare).
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