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inviolabile

inviolable

adjective een-vyoh-LAH-bee-leh Rare

Also means

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Usage Note

Inviolabile (plural inviolabili) is a formal or legal adjective meaning that something must not and cannot be violated. It frequently appears in constitutional language: the Italian Constitution opens with diritti inviolabili dell'uomo ('inviolable rights of man'). The opposite is violabile, though violabile is rare in practice.

Examples

"La Costituzione tutela i diritti inviolabili."

Natural Translation

The Constitution protects inviolable rights.

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