inviolate

Adjective
Synonyms: intactinviolablesacrosanct

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken“she was intact, virginal”Synonyms: intact
  2. must be kept sacredSynonyms: inviolablesacrosanct
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Inviolate \In*vi"o*late\, Inviolated \In*vi"o*la`ted\, a. [L. inviolatus. See In- not, and Violate.] [1913 Webster]

1.Not violated; uninjured; unhurt; unbroken. [1913 Webster]

His fortune of arms was still inviolate.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]

2.Not corrupted, defiled, or profaned; chaste; pure. "Inviolate truth." --Denham. [1913 Webster]

There chaste Alceste lives inviolate.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]
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