inviolate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken
    intact.
    • she was intact, virginal
  2. adjective satellite must be kept sacred
    inviolable; sacrosanct.

WordNet


In*vi"o*late, In*vi"o*la`ted adjective (Also<
  • Inviolate
  • Inviolated
)
Etymology
L. inviolatus. See In- not, and Violate.
Definitions
  1. Not violated; uninjured; unhurt; unbroken.
    His fortune of arms was still inviolate. Bacon.
  2. Not corrupted, defiled, or profaned; chaste; pure. "Inviolate truth." Denham.
    There chaste Alceste lives inviolate. Spenser.

Webster 1913