English adjective: inviolable | |||
1. | inviolable incapable of being transgressed or dishonored | ||
Samples | The person of the king is inviolable. An inviolable oath. | ||
Similar | unassailable, untouchable | ||
Antonyms | violable | ||
2. | inviolable immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with | ||
Samples | An impregnable fortress. Fortifications that made the frontier inviolable. A secure telephone connection. | ||
Synonyms | impregnable, secure, strong, unassailable, unattackable | ||
Similar | invulnerable | ||
Antonyms | vulnerable | ||
3. | inviolable must be kept sacred | ||
Synonyms | inviolate, sacrosanct | ||
Similar | sacred | ||
Antonyms | profane, secular | ||
4. | inviolable not capable of being violated or infringed | ||
Samples | Infrangible human rights. | ||
Synonyms | absolute, infrangible | ||
Similar | inalienable, unalienable | ||
Antonyms | alienable | ||