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inviolable

Adjective

IPA /ɪnˈvaɪələbl/

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So important or firmly established that it must not be broken or interfered with.

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inviolable/ɪnˈvaɪələbl/

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An important principle
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An inviolable principle is one that must not be broken.

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She regarded her promise to her sister as inviolable.
The researchers treated confidentiality as an inviolable principle.

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inviolable — So important or firmly established that it must not be broken or interfered with.

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So important or firmly established that it must not be broken or interfered with.

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From Latin inviolabilis, formed with a negative prefix and a word meaning able to be violated.

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Inviolable principle, right and rule emphasise protection from being broken.

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