Infringe vs Inviolable - What's the difference?
infringe | inviolable |
Break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
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, title= Break in or encroach on something.
Not violable; not to be infringed.
Not susceptible of violence, or of being profaned, corrupted, or dishonoured.
Incapable of being injured or invaded.
As a verb infringe
is break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.As a adjective inviolable is
not violable; not to be infringed.infringe
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Alternative forms
* enfringeVerb
(en-verb)Obama goes troll-hunting, passage=According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.}}