Infrangible
adj.resilient, kindliterary
What it means
Not able to be broken, violated, or infringed.
Reach for it when using a rare elevated term for a bond, rule, or object presented as unbreakable
The pact describes mutual care as an infrangible obligation.
Choose between these
5- everyday
complete resistance to destruction is the intended claim
not when Indestructible concerns destruction, not infringement of a rule.
- everyday
plain emphasis on resistance to rupture is enough
not when Unbreakable is usually rhetorical and less suited to rights or obligations.
- formal
indissoluble
a bond or union cannot be dissolved
not when Indissoluble is narrow and does not fit material toughness.
- formal
a right, boundary, or principle must not be breached
not when Inviolable concerns moral or legal protection rather than physical strength.
- literary
sacrosanct
a principle is treated as beyond interference
not when Sacrosanct adds reverence that infrangible does not require.
Said against
3- frangible
- breakable
- violable
It naturally appears in
3- infrangible bond
The poem imagines friendship as an infrangible bond.
- infrangible rule
No operational rule should be called infrangible if emergencies require exceptions.
- remain infrangible
The seal was expected to remain infrangible during normal transport.
Usage notes
Infrangible is rare and often absolute. Plain English or a bounded tested claim will usually serve readers better.