inviolate

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪnˈvaɪələt/ UK /ɪnˈvaɪələt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
free from violation, injury, or desecration; intact

The shrine had stood inviolate through centuries of war.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · free from violation,... intact unbroken undefiled sacrosanctunviolateduntouched pure

Opposites

violateddesecrateddefiled

Word family

Derived forms inviolatelyinviolateness

Related forms inviolable violate violation

Etymology

From Latin inviolatus 'unhurt, unbroken', from in- 'not' plus violatus, past participle of violare 'to violate, do violence to', from vis 'force'.

inviolatus Latin violare Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# inviolate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˈvaɪələt/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈvaɪələt/

## Meanings
1. free from violation, injury, or desecration; intact

## Examples
- The shrine had stood inviolate through centuries of war.

## Synonyms
- intact
- unbroken
- undefiled
- sacrosanct
- unviolated
- untouched
- pure

## Antonyms
- violated
- desecrated
- defiled

## Derived Forms
- inviolately
- inviolateness

## Related Forms
- inviolable
- violate
- violation

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: inviolatus
- Root: violare

## Etymology
From Latin inviolatus 'unhurt, unbroken', from in- 'not' plus violatus, past participle of violare 'to violate, do violence to', from vis 'force'.

## AI Etymology
inviolate comes from Latin inviolatus 'unhurt, unbroken', from in- 'not' plus violatus, past participle of violare 'to violate, do violence to', from vis 'force'. Morphologically, the prefixed shape matters: the initial element belongs to the recorded formation and helps explain the modern form's surface analysis. In present English, the adjective sense is "free from violation, injury, or desecration; intact", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as inviolable, violate, and violation, and in derivatives such as inviolately and inviolateness. Its semantic neighborhood includes intact, unbroken, undefiled, and sacrosanct, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin inviolatus and Latin violare.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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