Etymology

violable

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Today it means: Capable of being violated, broken, or injured. Full definition →

Latin violābilis
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromviolābilis
  2. English todayviolable

From Latin violābilis. Compare Middle English violable (“destructive”), a hapax legomenon.

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