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- pronunciation:
- ihn
vaI
l
bl
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
absolutely not to be violated or profaned.
The brothers made an inviolable agreement never to tell what they saw that day.- similar words:
- sacred
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| definition 2: |
incapable of being harmed, as by attack.
On its high rocky hill, the castle was inviolable.- antonyms:
- violable
- similar words:
- impregnable, invulnerable, secure
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| related words: |
hallowed, invincible, invulnerable, tenable |
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| derivations: |
inviolably (adv.), inviolability (n.) |
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