inviolate
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ɪnˈvaɪ.ə.lət/, /ɪnˈvaɪ.əʊˌleɪt/
Adjective

inviolate

  1. Not violated; free from violation or hurt of any kind; secure against violation or impairment.
    • 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: Printed by W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, OCLC 1086746628 ↗:
      His fortune of arms was still inviolate.
  2. Incorruptible.
    • inviolate truth
    • There chaste Alceste lives inviolate.
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