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violable

C2
adjective

Pronunciation

UK

  • /vˈaɪələbəl/

US

  • /ˈvaɪələbəl/

Description

The word "violable" is not usually about physical breaking. You would not normally call a glass vase "violable." Instead, it is used for things that can be disobeyed, ignored, crossed, or invaded: rules, laws, agreements, rights, borders, or personal boundaries. Think of a promise between friends. It is violable because someone may choose not to keep it. In the same way, a law is violable because people can disobey it, even though it is meant to be followed. The word often suggests that something needs respect or protection in order to remain safe. A contract is violable if its terms can be ignored, and someone's privacy is violable if it is not properly protected.

Examples

  1. 1

    Constitutional law

    In constitutional law, even basic rights can be violable under emergency powers.

  2. 2

    Digital privacy

    The report warned that digital privacy is highly violable when companies store too much personal data.

  3. 3

    Literary memory

    For the novelist, memory is not sacred or fixed, but fragile and violable.

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Main spelling

  • violableadjective