inviolate

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: in=vi=o=late

CIDE DICTIONARY

inviolate, a. [L. inviolatus. See In- not, and Violate.].

•  Not violated; uninjured; unhurt; unbroken.  [1913 Webster]

  "His fortune of arms was still inviolate."  [1913 Webster]
•  Not corrupted, defiled, or profaned; chaste; pure.  Denham.  [1913 Webster]

  "There chaste Alceste lives inviolate."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

inviolate, adj. not violated or profaned.

Derivative

inviolacy n. inviolately adv. inviolateness n.

Etymology

ME f. L inviolatus (as IN-(1), violare, violat- treat violently)

THESAURUS

inviolate

Christian, abiding, awesome, awful, blameless, bright, changeless, clean, constant, continuing, creditable, decent, divine, durable, enduring, erect, estimable, ethical, fair, faultless, firm, fixed, flawless, fresh, frozen, full of integrity, good, harmless, heavenly, high-minded, high-principled, highly respectable, holy, honest, honorable, immaculate, immobile, immutable, ineffable, inenarrable, inexpressible, intact, inviolable, irreproachable, just, lasting, law-abiding, law-loving, law-revering, manly, mint, moral, noble, numinous, perfect, permanent, perpetual, persistent, principled, pristine, pure, quiescent, religious, remaining, reputable, respectable, right, right-minded, righteous, rigid, sacred, sacrosanct, scatheless, solid, spiritual, spotless, stable, stainless, static, stationary, staying, steadfast, sterling, sustained, torpid, true-dealing, true-devoted, true-disposing, true-souled, true-spirited, truehearted, unaltered, unblemished, unbroken, unbruised, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, unchecked, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undamaged, undefaced, undefiled, undeformed, undemolished, undestroyed, unfaded, unfading, unfailing, unharmed, unhurt, unimpaired, unimpeachable, uninjured, unmaimed, unmangled, unmarked, unmarred, unscarred, unscathed, unscratched, unshattered, unshifting, unspeakable, unspoiled, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untarnished, untorn, untouchable, untouched, unutterable, unvaried, unvarying, unwithered, unworn, upright, uprighteous, upstanding, venerable, virgin, virtuous, worthy, yeomanly

ROGET THESAURUS

inviolate

Permanence

N permanence, stability, quiescence, obstinacy, permanence, persistence, endurance, durability, standing, status quo, maintenance, preservation, conservation, conservation, law of the Medes and Persians, standing dish, stable, persisting, permanent, established, unchanged &c (change), renewed, intact, inviolate, persistent, monotonous, uncheckered, unfailing, undestroyed, unrepealed, unsuppressed, conservative, qualis ab incepto, prescriptive, stationary, in statu quo, for good, finally, at a stand, at a standstill, uti possidetis, without a shadow of turning, esto perpetua, nolumus leges Angliae mutari, j'y suis et j'y ereste.

Probity

N probity, integrity, rectitude, uprightness, honesty, faith, honor, bonne foi, good faith, bona fides, purity, clean hands, fairness, fair play, justice, equity, impartiality, principle, even-handedness, grace, constancy, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty, incorruption, incorruptibility, trustworthiness, truth, candor, singleness of heart, veracity, tender conscience, punctilio, delicacy, nicety, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, scruple, point, point of honor, punctuality, dignity, (repute), respectability, respectableness, gentilhomme, gentleman, man of honor, man of his word, fidus Achates, preux chevalier, galantuomo, truepenny, trump, brick, true Briton, white man, court of honor, a fair field and no favor, argumentum ad verecundiam, upright, honest, honest as daylight, veracious, virtuous, honorable, fair, right, just, equitable, impartial, evenhanded, square, fair and aboveboard, open and aboveboard, white, constant, constant as the northern star, faithful, loyal, staunch, true, true blue, true to one's colors, true to the core, true as the needle to the pole, marble-constant, true- hearted, trusty, trustworthy, as good as one's word, to be depended on, incorruptible, straightforward, frank, candid, open-hearted, conscientious, tender-conscienced, right-minded, high-principled, high-minded, scrupulous, religious, strict, nice, punctilious, correct, punctual, respectable, reputable, gentlemanlike, inviolable, inviolate, unviolated, unbroken, unbetrayed, unbought, unbribed, innocent, pure, stainless, unstained, untarnished, unsullied, untainted, unperjured, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, undepraved, undebauched, integer vitae scelerisque purus, justus et tenax propositi, chivalrous, jealous of honor, sans peur et sans reproche, high-spirited, supramundane, unworldly, other-worldly, overscrupulous, honorable, bona fide, on the square, in good faith, honor bright, foro conscientiae, with clean hands, a face untaught to feign, bene qui latuit bene vixit, mens sibi conscia recti, probitas laudatur et alget, fidelis ad urnam, his heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth, loyaute m'oblige, loyaute n'a honte, what stronger breastplate than a heart untainted?.

Concealment

N concealment, hiding, occultation, mystification, seal of secrecy, screen, disguise, masquerade, masked battery, hiding place, cryptography, steganography, freemasonry, stealth, stealthiness, sneakiness, obreption, slyness, latitancy, latitation, seclusion, privacy, secrecy, secretness, incognita, reticence, reserve, mental reserve, reservation, arriere pensee, suppression, evasion, white lie, misprision, silence, suppression of truth, underhand dealing, closeness, secretiveness, mystery, latency, snake in the grass, secret, stowaway, concealed, hidden, secret, recondite, mystic, cabalistic, occult, dark, cryptic, cryptical, private, privy, in petto, auricular, clandestine, close, inviolate, tortuous, behind a screen, undercover, under an eclipse, in ambush, in hiding, in disguise, in a cloud, in a fog, in a mist, in a haze, in a dark corner, in the shade, in the dark, clouded, wrapped in clouds, wrapt in clouds, invisible, buried, underground, perdu, secluded, undisclosed &c, untold, covert, untraceable, mysterious, irrevealable, inviolable, confidential, esoteric, not to be spoken of, unmentionable, obreptitious, furtive, stealthy, feline, skulking, surreptitious, underhand, hole and corner, sly, secretive, evasive, reserved, reticent, uncommunicative, buttoned up, close, close as wax, taciturn, secretly, in secret, in private, in one's sleeve, in holes and corners, in the dark, januis clausis, with closed doors, a huis clos, hugger mugger, a la derobee, under the cloak of, under the rose, under the table, sub rosa, en tapinois, in the background, aside, on the sly, with bated breath, sotto voce, in a whisper, without beat of drum, a la sourdine, behind the veil, beyond mortal ken, beyond the grave, beyond the veil, hid from mortal vision, into the eternal secret, into the realms supersensible, into the supreme mystery, in confidence, in strict confidence, in strictest confidence, confidentially, between ourselves, between you and me, between you and me and the bedpost, entre nous, inter nos, under the seal of secrecy, a couvert, underhand, by stealth, like a thief in the night, stealthily, behind the scenes, behind the curtain, behind one's back, behind a screen, incognito, in camera, it must go no further, it will go no further, don't tell a soul, tell it not in Gath, nobody the wiser, alitur vitium vivitque tegendo, let it be tenable in your silence still, background information, deep background information, deep background, background session, backgrounder, not for attribution.