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adjective
1.
free from violation, injury, desecration, or outrage.
2.
undisturbed; untouched.
4.
not infringed.
Related forms
in·vi·o·late·ly, adverb
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Inviolate
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
Example Sentences
- The inviolate law of cheap flights makes it virtually impossible to bring sanity to the system.
- The executive branch's duty to defend federal laws is not inviolate.
- His is liberty understood as solitude and, more coldly, as inviolate isolation.
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World English Dictionary
| inviolate (ɪnˈvaɪəlɪt, -ˌleɪt) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | free from violation, injury, disturbance, etc |
| 2. | a less common word for inviolable |
| in'violacy | |
| —n | |
| in'violateness | |
| —n | |
| in'violately | |
| —adv | |
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