incolumity

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noun

safety; security

OriginLatin incolumitas →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounincolumity (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountablesafety; security

    such an action as that, which concern'd the incolumity and peace of all the Westerne world

    1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: […] T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinincolumitas
  2. Englishincolumity

From Latin incolumitas, from incolumis (“uninjured, safe”), perhaps from in (“intensifier”) + (doubtful) columis (“safe”).

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APA

incolumity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incolumity

MLA

“incolumity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incolumity. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incolumity,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incolumity.

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