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
France and Germany have responded with a seriousness typically reserved for Russia and China, emphasizing the importance of maintaining Europe’s borders as inviolable.
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Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Jan. 2025
Although today’s order appears to be stronger and more resilient than its 1930s counterpart, in recent years, norms that were long considered inviolable have been flouted.
—Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Or that art may be the last untrodden and inviolable way of the psyche remaining to us?
—Donna Tartt, Harper's Magazine, 2 July 2024
Trump’s legacy thus depends on cementing any peace deal by making its lines inviolable.
—Marc A. Thiessen, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
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Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Jan. 2025
Although today’s order appears to be stronger and more resilient than its 1930s counterpart, in recent years, norms that were long considered inviolable have been flouted.
—Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Or that art may be the last untrodden and inviolable way of the psyche remaining to us?
—Donna Tartt, Harper's Magazine, 2 July 2024
Trump’s legacy thus depends on cementing any peace deal by making its lines inviolable.
—Marc A. Thiessen, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inviolable
Adjective
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As neoliberalism took hold, the market moved into the space once occupied by the sacred and the social.—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Wilson notes that, in Black cultures, there traditionally is no separation between the sacred and the secular.—
Essence,
Essence,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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There is some irony that the lawmakers working on the bill with preliminary votes on both Saturday and Sunday, the Jewish Sabbath and the Christian Sabbath, violated the commandment to keep the Sabbath day holy.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
27 May 2025
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The march commemorates Jerusalem Day, which marks Israel’s capture of East Jerusalem, including the Old City and its holy sites sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims, in the 1967 Mideast war.—
Julia Frankel,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2025
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“Inviolable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inviolable. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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