Inalienable

Unable to be justly taken away, surrendered, or transferred.

Reach for it when describing a right or dignity treated as inherent to the person

The charter recognizes equal dignity as an inalienable right.

• professional

  fundamental

  the right or principle forms a necessary foundation

  not when Fundamental marks importance without establishing that it cannot be transferred.

• professional

  nontransferable

  a right, ticket, or entitlement cannot pass to another holder

  not when Nontransferable concerns assignment and does not prevent revocation.

• formal

  absolute

  no stated exception or qualification is intended

  not when Absolute can overstate a right whose exercise has lawful limits.

• formal

  inherent

  the quality belongs to the thing by its nature

  not when Inherent does not say whether law or power can remove its exercise.

• formal

  nonforfeitable

  the entitlement cannot be lost through a stated failure or waiver

  not when Nonforfeitable concerns forfeiture and does not rule out every form of transfer.

• literary

  birthright

  the entitlement is imagined as belonging from birth

  not when Birthright is a noun and can carry hereditary or national assumptions.

• alienable
• transferable
• revocable

• inalienable right

  The declaration treats bodily autonomy as an inalienable right.

• inalienable dignity

  The policy begins from each person's inalienable dignity.

• consider inalienable

  The community came to consider clean water an inalienable public good.