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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

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  • everyday

    indestructible

    complete resistance to destruction is the intended claim

    not when Indestructible concerns destruction, not infringement of a rule.

  • everyday

    unbreakable

    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

    inviolable

    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

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  • frangible
  • breakable
  • violable

It naturally appears in

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  • 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.

Where this comes from

Infrangible is rare and often absolute. Plain English or a bounded tested claim will usually serve readers better.

The definition and the example on this page are written here. The dictionaries above ground which meaning is being described, not the wording.