inviolable

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective incapable of being transgressed or dishonored
  2. adjective immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
  3. adjective must be kept sacred

Etymology

From Middle French inviolable, from Latin inviolābilis (“untouchable”), from violō (“violate”).

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