inalienable

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another
  2. adjective not subject to forfeiture

Etymology

Borrowed around 1645 from French inaliénable, from in- + aliénable (“alienable”), equivalent to in- + alienable.

In classic literature

Synonyms

unalienable

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