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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
awesome, awful, blessed, chaste, consecrated, dependable, divine, faithworthy, hallowed, heavenly, holy, impenetrable, impregnable, incontestable, incorruptible, indomitable, ineffable, inenarrable, inexpressible, inexpugnable, insuperable, invincible, inviolate, invulnerable, irresistible, numinous, overpowering, overwhelming, proven, pure, reliable, religious, resistless, responsible, sacred, sacrosanct, spiritual, straight, sure, tested, to be trusted, tried, tried and true, true, trustable, trustworthy, trusty, unassailable, unbeatable, unconquerable, unfalse, unperfidious, unspeakable, unsubduable, unsurmountable, untouchable, untreacherous, unutterable, unyielding, venerable
Dictionary Results for inviolable:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
inviolable
    adj 1: incapable of being transgressed or dishonored; "the
           person of the king is inviolable"; "an inviolable oath"
           [ant: violable]
    2: immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with; "an
       impregnable fortress"; "fortifications that made the frontier
       inviolable"; "a secure telephone connection" [syn:
       impregnable, inviolable, secure, strong,
       unassailable, unattackable]
    3: must be kept sacred [syn: inviolable, inviolate,
       sacrosanct]
    4: not capable of being violated or infringed; "infrangible
       human rights" [syn: absolute, infrangible, inviolable]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Inviolable \In*vi"o*la*ble\, a. [L. inviolabilis: cf. F.
   inviolable. See Inviolate, a.]
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   1. Not violable; not susceptible of hurt, wound, or harm
      (used with respect to either physical or moral damage);
      not susceptible of being profaned or corrupted; sacred;
      holy; as, inviolable honor or chastity; an inviolable
      shrine.
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            He tried a third, a tough, well-chosen spear,
            The inviolable body stood sincere.    --Dryden.
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   2. Unviolated; uninjured; undefiled; uncorrupted.
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            For thou, be sure, shalt give account
            To him who sent us, whose charge is to keep
            This place inviolable, and these from harm.
                                                  --Milton.
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   3. Not capable of being broken or violated; as, an inviolable
      covenant, agreement, promise, or vow.
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            Their almighty Maker first ordained
            And bound them with inviolable bands. --Spenser.
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            And keep our faiths firm and inviolable. --Shak.
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