Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Not capable of being violated or infringed: Describes something, especially a right, law, or principle, that is absolute and cannot be broken or disregarded.
   • Difficult or impossible to break or separate into parts: Describes a physical object or a conceptual series that is extremely strong, unbreakable, or indivisible.

Usage Examples

• Not capable of being violated:
  • The treaty established infrangible borders between the two nations.
  • Freedom of thought is considered an infrangible right in a democratic society.
• Difficult or impossible to break:
  • The ancient artifact was made from an infrangible ceramic material.
  • Their friendship formed an infrangible bond that lasted a lifetime.

Advanced Usage

• Legal and Philosophical Context: Often used in formal discourse to describe fundamental, inviolable principles.
  • The constitution contains several infrangible guarantees for its citizens.
• Scientific or Technical Context: Can describe materials or structures with extreme durability.
  • The new polymer is nearly infrangible under normal stress conditions.

Variants and Related Words

• Infrangibility (noun): The quality or state of being infrangible.
  • The infrangibility of the law is a cornerstone of the justice system.

Synonyms

• Inviolable: Secure from violation or profanation.
• Unyielding: Not giving way to pressure; hard or solid.
• Indestructible: Not able to be destroyed.
• Sacrosanct: Regarded as too important or valuable to be interfered with.

Antonyms

• Frangible: Fragile; easily broken.
• Violable: Capable of being violated.
• Breakable: Capable of being broken.

Adjective

1. not capable of being violated or infringed
   • infrangible human rights
2. difficult or impossible to break or separate into parts
   • an infrangible series