What is the best definition of "inalienable"?

Question 8 options:

a)

incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred

b)

a disbelief in alien life forms

c)

the promotion of space exploration

d)

the practice of slavery during the Civil War

Option A

Explanation:

Inalienable means that something is inherent and unable to be taken away. In other words, incapable of being surrendered or transferred.

a) incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred

Explanation:

Something "inalienable" is something incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another person. Thomas Jefferson used this word in the American Declaration of Independence when he stated the following: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Jefferson used the phrase "unalienable rights" to refer to those rights that can not be taken away from a person by any government or that can not be surrendered to any authority.