Inviolable Definition & Meaning

inviolable
adjective
  1. incapable of being transgressed or dishonored; "the person of the king is inviolable"; "an inviolable oath"
  2. immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with; "an impregnable fortress"; "fortifications that made the frontier inviolable"; "a secure telephone connection"
  3. must be kept sacred
  4. not capable of being violated or infringed; "infrangible human rights"

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