Inalienable
adj.resilient, thoughtfulformal
What it means
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.
Choose between these
6- 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.
Said against
3- alienable
- transferable
- revocable
It naturally appears in
3- 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.
Where this comes from
- Merriam-Webster, adjective sense 1: incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred opens in a new tab · retrieved 2026-07-26
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