inviolate
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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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inviolate
(ɪnˈvaɪəlɪt; -ˌleɪt)adj
1. free from violation, injury, disturbance, etc
2. a less common word for inviolable
inˈviolacy, inˈviolateness n
inˈviolately adv
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in•vi•o•late
(ɪnˈvaɪ ə lɪt, -ˌleɪt)adj.
1. free from violation, injury, desecration, or outrage.
2. undisturbed.
3. unbroken.
4. not infringed.
[1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin inviolātus unhurt, inviolable]
in•vi•o•la•cy (ɪnˈvaɪ ə lə si) in•vi′o•late•ness, n.
in•vi′o•late•ly, adv.
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Adj. 1. inviolate - (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken; "she was intact, virginal"
uninjured - not injured physically or mentally
2. inviolate - must be kept sacred
sacred - concerned with religion or religious purposes; "sacred texts"; "sacred rites"; "sacred music"
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inviolate
adjective intact, whole, untouched, entire, pure, virgin, sacred, stainless, unbroken, unhurt, undisturbed, unsullied, unpolluted, unstained, undefiled We believed our love was inviolate.
violated, polluted, sullied, defiled, broken, abused, stained
violated, polluted, sullied, defiled, broken, abused, stained
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inviolate
[ɪnˈvaɪəlɪt] ADJ [land, possessions] → intacto (liter) [woman] → intacto, sin mancillar (liter)Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
inviolate
adj (form) honour → unbeschadet; rights → unangetastet
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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[ɪnˈvaɪəlɪt] adj → inviolato/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995