INVIOLABLE


Meaning of INVIOLABLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnvaɪələb(ə)l ]

1.

If a law or principle is inviolable , you must not break it. ( FORMAL )

The game had a single inviolable rule: obstacles were to be overcome, not circumvented.

ADJ

2.

If a country says its borders are inviolable , it means they must not be changed or crossed without permission. ( FORMAL )

Yesterday’s resolution says the present Polish border is ‘inviolable’.

ADJ

• in‧vio‧labil‧ity

Parliament has recognised the inviolability of the current border.

N-UNCOUNT

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