violable

[ vahy-uh-luh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being violated:

   a violable precept.

Other Words From

• vio·la·bili·ty vio·la·ble·ness noun
• vio·la·bly adverb
• nonvi·o·la·bili·ty noun
• non·vio·la·ble adjective
• non·vio·la·ble·ness noun
• non·vio·la·bly adverb
• un·vio·la·ble adjective
• un·vio·la·ble·ness noun
• un·vio·la·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of violable¹

1425–75; late Middle English: destructive < Latin violābilis, equivalent to violā ( re ) to violate + -bilis -ble

Example Sentences

It can be terrifying to envision the mind as porous and malleable, just as it’s alarming to contemplate state sovereignty as fragile and violable.

From New York Times

Interchangeable; violable; silent and lacking in agency.

From Time

A dissenting minority, including Fred Hoyle, offers another startling view: quasars are nearby objects, possibly newborn, in which supposedly in violable constants such as the acceleration of gravity are not constant but continually changing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Maximilian had too late come to understand that his anointed flesh was violable at all.

From Project Gutenberg

Associated words: vulnerable, vulnerability, invulnerable, invulnerability, vulnerary, vulnific, sanies, sanious, pledget, spleget, dossil, ichor, probe, antiseptic, inviolable, violable, tent, autoplasty. wound, v. injure, scath, hurt, maim, disable. wrangle, n. altercation, dispute, squabble, brawl, bickering, quarrel. wrangle, v. altercate, dispute, squabble, bicker, quarrel. wrangler, n. disputant. wrap, v. infold, swathe, bemuffle, envelop, muffle, swaddle. wrapper, n. house-dress; negligee, kimono, peignoir; envelope, wrap, covering, capsule; tillot. wrath, n.

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