unalienable
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un·al·ien·a·ble
(ŭn-āl′yə-nə-bəl, -ā′lē-ə-)adj.
Not to be separated, given away, or taken away; inalienable: "All of them ... claim unalienable dignity as individuals" (Garrison Keillor).
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unalienable
(ʌnˈeɪljənəbəl)adj
law a variant of inalienable
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in•al•ien•a•ble
(ɪnˈeɪl yə nə bəl, -ˈeɪ li ə-)adj.
not alienable; not transferable to another or capable of being repudiated: inalienable rights.
[1635–45]
in•al`ien•a•bil′i•ty, n.
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Adj. | 1. | unalienable - incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another; "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights" intrinsic, intrinsical - belonging to a thing by its very nature; "form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing"- John Dewey |
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