INVIOLATE

intact, inviolate

(adjective) (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken; “she was intact, virginal”

inviolable, inviolate, sacrosanct

(adjective) must be kept sacred

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

inviolate (comparative more inviolate, superlative most inviolate)

Not violated; free from violation or hurt of any kind; secure against violation or impairment.

Incorruptible.

Source: Wiktionary


In*vi"o*late, In*vi"o*la`ted, a. Etym: [L. inviolatus. See In- not, and Violate.]

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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