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

inviolate

adjective
 
/ɪnˈvaɪələt/
 
/ɪnˈvaɪələt/
(formal)
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  1. that has been, or must be, respected and cannot be attacked or destroyed
    • Their privacy remained inviolate.
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin inviolatus, from in- ‘not’ + violare ‘violate’.
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