as in sacred
not to be violated, criticized, or tampered with
a person with inviolable moral standards an inviolable trust between lawyer and client
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Today, in the wake of Russia’s aggression, China’s belligerence and the growing cooperation between the world’s revanchist regimes, the time has come to strengthen NATO with new members, inviolable spending commitments and consequences for failing to meet them.
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Marc A. Thiessen, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
Further, in recent weeks, many universities have demonstrated that norms are not an inviolable constraint on their actions, dispensing with preexisting practices regarding student speech and protest — or even rewriting official rules — so as to discipline Pro-Palestinian advocacy.
—Eric Levitz, Vox, 15 May 2024
Under the Vienna treaties, embassies and diplomatic premises are considered foreign soil and inviolable.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2024
Only once that is built can the world provide justice to all those who have died and suffered in the war—and reaffirm the prohibition against war as an inviolable rule of the international order.
—Oona A. Hathaway, Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2023
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Marc A. Thiessen, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
Further, in recent weeks, many universities have demonstrated that norms are not an inviolable constraint on their actions, dispensing with preexisting practices regarding student speech and protest — or even rewriting official rules — so as to discipline Pro-Palestinian advocacy.
—Eric Levitz, Vox, 15 May 2024
Under the Vienna treaties, embassies and diplomatic premises are considered foreign soil and inviolable.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2024
Only once that is built can the world provide justice to all those who have died and suffered in the war—and reaffirm the prohibition against war as an inviolable rule of the international order.
—Oona A. Hathaway, Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2023
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“Inviolable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inviolable. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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