[syn: inviolable, inviolate, sacrosanct]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Inviolate \In*vi"o*late\, Inviolated \In*vi"o*la`ted\, a. [L.
inviolatus. See In- not, and Violate.]
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1. Not violated; uninjured; unhurt; unbroken.
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His fortune of arms was still inviolate. --Bacon.
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2. Not corrupted, defiled, or profaned; chaste; pure.
"Inviolate truth." --Denham.
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There chaste Alceste lives inviolate. --Spenser.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
inviolate
adj 1: (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken; "she was intact,
virginal" [syn: intact, inviolate]
2: must be kept sacred [syn: inviolable, inviolate,
sacrosanct]