Synonyms of inviolate

inviolate

adjective

as in protected

formal not harmed or changed

These rights must remain inviolate.

Related Words

• protected
• pure
• secure
• sacred
• inviolable
• unharmed
• untouchable
• holy
• unassailable
• sacrosanct
• privileged
• exempt
• immune
• hallowed
• shielded

Dissimilar Words

• irreverent
• blasphemous
• profane
• sacrilegious

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inviolate

The Minnesota Constitution provides that the right to a jury trial be inviolate. — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026

People respond to the shooting of elementary schoolchildren as a kind of acceptable mayhem to ensure that the right to gun ownership remains inviolate. — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2022

This dish is a deli egg-bacon-and-cheese-on-a-roll that has been pasta-fied, fancified, fetishized and turned into an Italian tradition that, like many inviolate Italian traditions, is actually far less old than the Mayflower. — Ian Fisher, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2022

The daily and seasonal rhythms of bright and dark remained largely inviolate throughout all of evolutionary time—a 4-billion-year streak that began to falter in the 19th century. — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 13 June 2022

And whereas individual therapy must take place in an inviolate private sphere, the couples version comes with elements of exposure and artifice built in. — Lidija Haas, The New Republic, 10 June 2022

And determining whether human lifetimes have an inviolate maximum might offer clues to understanding aging, as well as aiding research on prolonging life. — Tom Siegfried, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2022

One inviolate rule is that everyone who enters must be weighed. — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2021