violable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈvaɪələbəl/ UK /ˈvaɪələbəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
capable of being broken, infringed, or violated

They argued the treaty was violable under extraordinary circumstances.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · capable of being broken,... breakableinfringeable

Opposites

inviolable sacrosanct unbreakable

Word family

Derived forms violability

Related forms violate violation inviolable

Etymology

From Latin 'violabilis' ('that may be injured'), from 'violare' ('to treat with violence, outrage, dishonor'), from 'vis' ('force, violence').

violabilis Latin violare Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# violable

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

## Meanings
1. capable of being broken, infringed, or violated

## Examples
- They argued the treaty was violable under extraordinary circumstances.

## Synonyms
- breakable
- infringeable

## Antonyms
- inviolable
- sacrosanct
- unbreakable

## Derived Forms
- violability

## Related Forms
- violate
- violation
- inviolable

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

## Etymology
From Latin 'violabilis' ('that may be injured'), from 'violare' ('to treat with violence, outrage, dishonor'), from 'vis' ('force, violence').

## AI Etymology
Violable comes from Latin 'violabilis' ('that may be injured'), from 'violare' ('to treat with violence, outrage, dishonor'), from 'vis' ('force, violence'). In current use it is an adjective meaning "capable of being broken, infringed, or violated". That sense is explained by the older material without requiring a speculative semantic step: the inherited or borrowed base supplies the field of meaning, while the English formation fixes its modern role. The history is mainly one of transmission into English, with the older form and sense carried through borrowing or adaptation. The historical chain includes Latin violabilis and Latin violare. Related English forms include violate, violation, and inviolable. A derived form is violability. For dictionary purposes, the important point is the continuity between the older form, the route into English, and the present lexical sense.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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