[in-vahy-uh-lit, -leyt] 
| 1. | free from violation, injury, desecration, or outrage. |
| 2. | undisturbed; untouched. |
| 3. | unbroken. |
| 4. | not infringed. |
| in·vi·o·late (ĭn-vī'ə-lĭt) adj. Not violated or profaned; intact: "The great inviolate place had an ancient permanence which the sea cannot claim" (Thomas Hardy). [Middle English, from Latin inviolātus : in-, not; see in-1 + violātus, past participle of violāre, to violate; see violate.] in·vi'o·la·cy (-lə-sē), in·vi'o·late·ness n., in·vi'o·late·ly adv. |
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