inviolability

Definition of inviolabilitynext

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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
  • Since the war began, Western headlines have largely focused on Europe’s coming inflation shock, the relative invulnerability of the US economy, and the long-term consequences to the Gulf’s diversification drive.
    Clay Chandler, semafor.com, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The attack had punctured an air of invulnerability created by the 1967 Six-Day War, in which Israel had swiftly captured the Golan Heights, the Sinai Peninsula, the West Bank, and Gaza from its Arab neighbors.
    Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • That broke that mask of invincibility.
    CBS News, CBS News, 10 May 2026
  • Improvements included plenty of new alien ships to battle, as well as an invincibility ability for your ship to make the levels slightly less challenging.
    Daryl Baxter, Space.com, 4 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Miller took the setback in stride, retreating to craft new restrictions on migration that used laws designed to protect the nation from disease to cut refugee admissions and block asylum seekers after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
    Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
  • She's been seeking asylum here for more than a decade.
    Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • Velasco said families have fled to nearby towns, where many now take refuge in a soccer field.
    Megan Janetsky, Fortune, 10 May 2026
  • For many, getting those resources meant seeking refuge away from Grizzly Flats.
    Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026
Noun
  • Though many people come to far West Texas for its isolation—the Unabomber’s slightly less reclusive brother did a stint here in the eighties, living at first in a crude underground shelter—Miller said that immigration-enforcement agents have been an intrusive presence for many years.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
  • Newborns in incubators were transferred and doctors and nurses scrambled to find shelter amid fears the hospital would become the next casualty in Haiti’s escalating gang wars.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026

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“Inviolability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inviolability. Accessed 16 May. 2026.

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