violableadj.
/ˈvʌɪələbl/, U.S. /ˈvaɪələb(ə)l/ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective]
fellc1330
undone1340
ruinous?a1439
violablea1470
perniciousc1475
destructive1490
confusible1502
destroying1535
exitiable1548
ruinate1562
peremptory1567
wrackful1578
slaughterous1582
ruinating1595
ruining1605
corrumpent1607
wracksome1608
in suds1611
destructory1614
poisonousa1616
wrakefulc1625
predatory1626
predatorious1641
demolishing1648
untwined1649
undoing1654
destructionable1656
destructful1659
mortal1670
wreckinga1677
fatal1692
quadrumanous1704
interdestructive1805
annihilatory1825
demolitionary1834
ruinatious1845
consumptive1860
thunderous1874
a1470 J. Hardyng Chron. lii. ii Ye Pightes & fugitiues..Destroyed the lande by warre full violable.
2. Capable of being violated, in senses of the verb.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > [adjective] > capable of being hurt (of feelings)
violable1552
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > irreverence > [adjective] > not reverenced > desecrated or profaned > capable of being
violable1552
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [adjective] > damaged > capable of being
spoilable1648
violable1674
damageable1755
society > law > [adjective] > various epithets applied to laws
vagabondc1485
strait1503
strict1578
unrelaxable1615
sanguinary1625
standard1660
formal1701
supplementary1714
eludible1735
organic1831
antinomic1849
loopy1856
antinomical1877
contravenable1880
violable1885
nexal1886
entrenched1920
hard1935
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adjective] > of a law: violated > able to be violated
contravenable1880
violable1885
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Violable, or able to be defiled,..or easy to be violated, violabilis.
1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion xvi. Illustr. 255 Churches, Plough's, and High-waies should haue liberties of Sanctuarie, by no authoritie violable.
1633 S. Marmion Fine Compan. iii. i Alas, my heart is Tender and violable with the least weapon Sorrow can dart at me.
1674 Case of Bankers & Creditors Introd. 4 The Subjects property is not violable but by his own consent.
1858 H. Bushnell Serm. for New Life 347 If God had no violable sympathy he would be anything but a perfect character.
1885 J. Martineau Types Ethical Theory I. i. ii. 331 A rule which Spinoza treats as absolute, and will not allow to be violable, even to save one's life.
Derivatives
violaˈbility n. [-ity suffix] rare the condition of being violable; cf. inviolability n.
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society > law > rule of law > illegality > [noun] > legal invalidity or faultiness > annulment or abrogation > ability to be
violableness1727
voidability1823
voidableness1883
violability1926
1926 Glasgow Herald 1 Apr. 8/4 The suggestion..raises the whole question of the violability of contracts.
ˈviolableness n. ‘capableness of being violated’ (Bailey).
ΘΚΠ
society > law > rule of law > illegality > [noun] > legal invalidity or faultiness > annulment or abrogation > ability to be
violableness1727
voidability1823
voidableness1883
violability1926
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Violableness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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