Meanings
nouninviolability (countable and uncountable, plural inviolabilities)
plural inviolabilities
- countableuncountableThe quality or state of being inviolable; inviolableness.
Presidential acts of forgiveness in America seldom rattle confidence in the integrity of the judicial system or the inviolability of the rule of law.
2025 January 22, Editorial Board, “Of mercy and grievance”, in The Christian Science Monitor
Origin
- Latininviolabilitas
- Middle Frenchinviolabilité
- Englishinviolability
From Middle French inviolabilité, from Latin inviolabilitas.
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inviolability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inviolability
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