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Inviolable vs Inviolate - What's the difference?

inviolable | inviolate |

As adjectives the difference between inviolable and inviolate

is that inviolable is not violable; not to be infringed while inviolate is not violated; free from violation or hurt of any kind; secure against violation or impairment.

inviolable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not violable; not to be infringed.
  • Not susceptible of violence, or of being profaned, corrupted, or dishonoured.
  • Incapable of being injured or invaded.

    • Derived terms

    * inviolability * inviolableness * inviolably

    Synonyms

    * (not violable) unbreakable, unbreachable * (not susceptible of being profaned) holy, sacred, sacrosanct * (incapable of being injured or invaded) invincible, unassailable

    Antonyms

    * (not violable) incompliable (incapable of being complied''); violable, breakable (''capable of being violated ) * (not susceptible of being profaned) violable * (incapable of being injured or invaded) invadable

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    inviolate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not violated; free from violation or hurt of any kind; secure against violation or impairment.
    • His fortune of arms was still inviolate . — Francis Bacon.
  • Incorruptible.
    • Inviolate truth. — Denham.
    There chaste Alceste lives inviolate . — Spenser.

    Related terms

    * inviolately * inviolateness

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