INVIOLABILITY Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

inviolability

noun

Definition of inviolability

as in invulnerability

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Recent Examples of inviolability Sustainable peace must be anchored in the UN Charter, the Budapest Memorandum, and the inviolability of sovereign borders. — Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025 Presidential acts of forgiveness in America seldom rattle confidence in the integrity of the judicial system or the inviolability of the rule of law. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Jan. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for inviolability

Noun

Foremost among them was the American sense of invulnerability, which had survived lesser terrorist acts.

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
Once again, the nation’s defenses were down, beguiled by a presumption of invulnerability.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of invulnerability

Noun

Participants, mostly males 14 to 20 years old, are drawn to the thrills of the jump amplified by social media and anchored by a feeling of invincibility.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
To have any hope of competing against the Premier League champions, Chelsea’s vaunted front three had to demonstrate that a Gunners defence which has carried its aura of invincibility into the opening weeks of this new season could be made to bleed.

— Jack Lang, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of invincibility

Noun

In recent years, Cambodian opposition leaders say they have been surveilled and jailed in Thailand, once a refuge for asylum seekers.

— Shibani Mahtani, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026
Reker spent years in her role thereafter enduring death threats for her support of asylum seekers.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of asylum

Noun

While there is an on-site restaurant, bar, meeting house, freshwater pool, and gift shop, the grounds themselves are rustic, palm tree-lined, and a refuge for thousands of adorable, unobtrusive hermit crabs.

— Joey Skladany, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026
The massive property would later serve as a temporary refuge for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in 2020, after the couple stepped down from their royal duties.

— India Roby, Architectural Digest, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of refuge

Noun

Some families planned to head to shelters in Ciudad Constitucion, about 37 miles away, while dozens of people elsewhere in the state were evacuated.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
The non-profit operates the shelter under contract with the city’s Department of Homeless Services.

— Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026

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