1. capable of being violated, broken, or transgressed
Usage: formal; legal contexts

Examples

• The contract contained several violable clauses that could be challenged in court.
• Human rights should never be considered violable under any circumstances.
• The treaty established violable boundaries that could be renegotiated.
• Privacy laws create violable standards that companies must respect.
• The professor argued that moral principles are not violable social constructs.
• International agreements often include violable provisions with penalty clauses.