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inviolate

[in-vahy-uh-lit, -leyt] / ɪnˈvaɪ ə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /




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If people can’t trust Social Security to keep their privacy inviolate, confidence in the entire program may well be shattered.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

A last bastion of privacy, our brains have remained inviolate, even as sensors now record our heartbeats, breaths, steps and sleep.

From Scientific American • Mar. 27, 2023

If she was not an immaculate dove in those days, she was still inviolate; a passionate creature whose very defenselessness had made her defense, against which his honor forbade him to prevail.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

“The sanctity, the security and the dignity of my family are inviolate, and we are not leaving,” he said.

From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2021

Faye took her into her own inviolate bedroom and questioned her far more than she would if Kate had been another kind of girl.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck