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inviolate

 
Dictionary: in·vi·o·late   (ĭn-vī'ə-lĭt) pronunciation
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.]

inviolacy in·vi'o·la·cy (-lə-sē) or in·vi'o·late·ness n.
inviolately in·vi'o·late·ly adv.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Not able to be harmed or profaned.

pronunciation Our safety, our liberty, depends upon preserving the Constitution of the United States as our fathers made it inviolate. — Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), American statesman & president.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken
  Synonym: intact

Meaning #2: must be kept sacred
  Synonyms: inviolable, sacrosanct


Translations: Inviolate
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ukrænket, ubrudt

Nederlands (Dutch)
ongeschonden

Français (French)
adj. - inviolé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unbeschadet, unangetastet, nicht verletzt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άθικτος, απαραβίαστος, απαράβατος

Italiano (Italian)
inviolato, vergine

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - íntegro

Русский (Russian)
нетронутый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - inviolado, intacto

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - okränkt, obruten, okränkbar, orörd

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
未亵渎的, 无污点的, 未受侵犯的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 未褻瀆的, 無污點的, 未受侵犯的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 불가침의, 신성한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 侵されていない, 神聖な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غير منتهك, سليم, لم يمس‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא מחולל, לא מופר, מוגן מרעה‬


 
 
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