violable

[ vahy-uh-luh-buhl ]

adjective
  1. capable of being violated: a violable precept.

Origin of violable

1
1425–75; late Middle English: destructive <Latin violābilis, equivalent to violā(re) to violate + -bilis-ble

Other words from violable

  • vi·o·la·bil·i·ty, vi·o·la·ble·ness, noun
  • vi·o·la·bly, adverb
  • non·vi·o·la·bil·i·ty, noun
  • non·vi·o·la·ble, adjective
  • non·vi·o·la·ble·ness, noun
  • non·vi·o·la·bly, adverb
  • un·vi·o·la·ble, adjective
  • un·vi·o·la·ble·ness, noun
  • un·vi·o·la·bly, adverb

Words Nearby violable

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How to use violable in a sentence

  • Maximilian had too late come to understand that his anointed flesh was violable at all.

    The Missourian | Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle