Inalienable
[ɪn'eɪlɪənəb(ə)l] or [ɪn'elɪənəbl]
Definition
(adj.) incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another; 'endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights' .
Editor: Rufus--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable; as, in inalienable birthright.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Not to be alienated, not transferable.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Alien, entailed, intransferable
ANT:Unentailed, transferable
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Definition
adj. not capable of being transferred.—ns. Inalienabil′ity Inal′ienableness.—adv. Inal′ienably.
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Examples
- I know no right of chivalry, he said, more precious or inalienable than that of each free knight to choose his lady-love by his own judgment. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Greece on one hand had lost political power, and on the other possessed in her splendid literature an inalienable heritage. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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