inviolate
/ɪnˈvʌɪələt
/adjective
Free or safe from injury or violation: an international memorial which must remain inviolate...
- Others, including censorship watchdogs, believe that free speech is not inviolate irrespective of what is said or sung, and that there is such a thing as the abuse of free speech.
- For the last few years Howard's entire political program has been based on the premise that Australia's sovereignty is not only absolute but inviolate, untouchable, a veritable law of nature.
- The two instead experience a ‘precious, inviolate, and genuine’ relationship free from the burdens of racial representation.
Synonyms
untouched, undamaged, unhurt, unharmed, unscathed;
unmarred, unspoilt, unimpaired, unflawed, unsullied, unstained, undefiled, unpolluted, unprofaned, perfect, pristine, pure, virgin;
intact, unbroken, whole, entire, complete, sound, solid
rare scatheless
Derivatives
inviolacy
/ noun ...- This duty to protect the individual's right to bodily inviolacy arises explicitly from the international law of human rights and the Children's Convention.
- The right of life and inviolacy are basic rights of man.
inviolately
- Death is not a certainty because you can't prove inviolately that it exists.
- vow, with the powerful assistance of God, to clearly, faithfully, and inviolately stay true to the Church's dogmas, doctrines, precepts, and laws until I breathe my last breath.
inviolateness
Origin
Late Middle English: from Latin inviolatus, from in- 'not' + violare 'violate'.