violable

Able to breach

Violable describes something that can be violated, broken, or transgressed.

Laws, treaties, boundaries, and rights may all be violable: The agreement proved violable when circumstances changed.

The word often appears in contrast with inviolable, which describes what must not or cannot be breached.

boundaries

crossable

Able to be traversed

passable · transgress · trespass · overstep · encroach · intrude · border · threshold · limit · barrier

legal

breach

Breaking of agreement

enforceable · binding · statutory · contractual · regulatory · compliance · penalty · sanction · waivable · conditional

sacred

profane

Irreverent toward the sacred

irreverent · unholy · impious · defile · taboo · heresy · sanctity · hallowed · consecrated · shrine

rights

waivable

Able to be foregone

suspendable · restricted · limited · qualified · provisional · constitutional · civil · human · protected · guaranteed

Opposites
susceptibility to violation or breach

violableinviolable

Impossible to breach

inviolate · sacrosanct · untouchable · unassailable · impregnable

Family

inviolable, inviolability

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