Inalienable vs Unforfeitable - What's the difference?
inalienable | unforfeitable | Synonyms |
Incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable.
(grammar) Of or pertaining to a noun belonging to a special class in which the possessive construction differs from the norm, especially for particular familial relationships and body parts.
Inalienable is a synonym of unforfeitable.
inalienable
English
(Inalienable possession) (way too much verbiage for a dictionary entry)Adjective
(-)- inalienable right a right that cannot be given away
Usage notes
While inalienable' and unalienable are today used interchangeably with '''''in alienable more common, the terms have historically sometimes been distinguished.“Unalienable” vs. “Inalienable”], [http://adask.wordpress.com/about/ Alfred Adask, Adask’s law, July 15, 2009, 3:56 PM
