[syn: unforfeitable, inalienable]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Inalienable \In*al"ien*a*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + alienable:
cf. F. inali['e]nable.]
Incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to
another; not alienable; as, in inalienable birthright.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
inalienable
adj 1: incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another;
"endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable
rights" [syn: inalienable, unalienable] [ant:
alienable]
2: not subject to forfeiture; "an unforfeitable right" [syn:
unforfeitable, inalienable]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "inalienable":
bound up in, bound up with, deep-seated, esoteric, immanent,
impartible, implanted, implicit, incommunicable, indefeasible,
indissoluble, indivisible, indwelling, infixed, ingrained,
inherent, inner, inseparable, internal, intrinsic, inward,
inwrought, irreducible, noncommunicable, noncontagious,
noninfectious, private, resident, secret, subjective, unalienable,
unchallengeable, undividable, unimpartable, unquestionable
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
INALIENABLE. This word is applied to those things, the property of which
cannot be lawfully transferred from one person to another. Public highways
and rivers are of this kind; there are also many rights which are
inalienable, as the rights of liberty, or of speech.