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Difference Between Inviolable and Inviolate

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Inviolable

Never to be broken, infringed, or dishonoured
An inviolable rule of chastity
The Polish–German border was inviolable

Inviolate

Free or safe from injury or violation
An international memorial which must remain inviolate

Inviolable

Secure from violation or profanation
An inviolable reliquary deep beneath the altar.

Inviolate

Not violated or profaned; intact
"The great inviolate place had an ancient permanence which the sea cannot claim" (Thomas Hardy).

Inviolable

Impregnable to assault or trespass; invincible
Fortifications that made the frontier inviolable.
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Inviolate

Not violated; free from violation or hurt of any kind; secure against violation or impairment.

Inviolable

Not violable; not to be infringed.

Inviolate

Incorruptible.

Inviolable

Not susceptible to violence, or of being profaned, corrupted, or dishonoured.

Inviolate

Not violated; uninjured; unhurt; unbroken.
His fortune of arms was still inviolate.
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Inviolable

Incapable of being injured or invaded; indestructible.

Inviolate

Not corrupted, defiled, or profaned; chaste; pure.
There chaste Alceste lives inviolate.

Inviolable

Not violable; not susceptible of hurt, wound, or harm (used with respect to either physical or moral damage); not susceptible of being profaned or corrupted; sacred; holy; as, inviolable honor or chastity; an inviolable shrine.
He tried a third, a tough, well-chosen spear,The inviolable body stood sincere.

Inviolate

(of a woman) having the hymen unbroken;
She was intact, virginal

Inviolable

Unviolated; uninjured; undefiled; uncorrupted.
For thou, be sure, shalt give accountTo him who sent us, whose charge is to keepThis place inviolable, and these from harm.

Inviolate

Must be kept sacred

Inviolable

Not capable of being broken or violated; as, an inviolable covenant, agreement, promise, or vow.
Their almighty Maker first ordainedAnd bound them with inviolable bands.
And keep our faiths firm and inviolable.

Inviolable

That cannot be transgressed or dishonored;
The person of the king is inviolable
An inviolable oath

Inviolable

Able to withstand attack;
An impregnable fortress
Fortifications that made the frontier inviolable

Inviolable

Must be kept sacred

Inviolable

Not capable of being violated or infringed;
Infrangible human rights

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