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adjective

inviolable

incapable of being transgressed or dishonored

In a sentence

Six example sentences with inviolable, each labelled with its topic.

  • Attorney client privilege is treated as inviolable, and a judge will exclude the recording no matter how useful it seems.

    Law

  • Locke argued that certain claims are inviolable, standing above any majority that might vote to set them aside.

    Philosophy

  • The monastery's noon silence is inviolable, and guides warn visitors that even a camera shutter will end the tour.

    Travel

  • The constitution declares the borders inviolable, a line every new government repeats in its very first speech.

    Politics

  • Patient confidentiality is inviolable on the ward, and the nurse refused to confirm a name even to a reporter.

    Medicine

  • The coach has one inviolable rule: whoever is late to the bus does not start, whatever the standings say.

    Basketball

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