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Surrender vs Inalienable - What's the difference?

surrender | inalienable |

As a verb surrender

is to give up into the power, control, or possession of another; specifically (military ) to yield (land, a town, etc) to an enemy.

As a noun surrender

is an act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.

As a adjective inalienable is

incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable.

surrender

English

Alternative forms

* surrendre (archaic)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To give up into the power, control, or possession of another; specifically (military) to yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
  • (intransitive, or, reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
    • I surrender !
  • To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
    • to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage
  • (reflexive) To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
    • ''to surrender oneself to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep
  • To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.

    • Synonyms

    * (l), (l) * wave the white flag

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
  • The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
  • (legal, property law) The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists.

    • Synonyms

    * capitulation

    inalienable

    English

    (Inalienable possession) (way too much verbiage for a dictionary entry)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable.
    • inalienable right a right that cannot be given away
  • (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.

    • 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

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Antonyms

    * (incapable of being alienated) (l)

    References