Inviolable vs. Inviolate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Inviolable and Inviolate
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Definitions
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
