INVIOLABLE Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

inviolable

adjective

(ˌ)in-ˈvī-ə-lə-bəl

Definition of inviolable

as in sacred

not to be violated, criticized, or tampered with a person with inviolable moral standards an inviolable trust between lawyer and client

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Recent Examples of inviolable For some international prospects, national team access is inviolable. — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026 Since Ecuador’s landmark 2008 constitutional protection of nature, Bolivia, India, New Zealand, and other countries across the world have made natural entities legal persons, or otherwise given them inviolable rights. — Brett Simpson, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2025 Summer is usually the time of long days and longer vacations, but summer 2025 was a season where the business world’s inviolable godhead, the chief executive officer, looked less and less like a position worth exalting. — Ian Chaffee, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025 The debate is shifting to how much of Russia's battlefield victories will be accepted, rather than over rights and the inviolable nature of international borders. — Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for inviolable

Recent Examples of Synonyms for inviolable

Adjective

Palamas’ image is an icon, a sacred image used in Orthodox Christian worship and devotion.

— Denva Gallant, The Conversation, 8 July 2026
His name no longer desecrates this sacred memorial, which belongs to the American people.

— Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 8 July 2026