Meaning & use
Alienable
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Capable of being transferred to new ownership; able to be sold, given away, or otherwise disposed of.
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Under the new law, the land became fully alienable and could be sold to private buyers.
Most personal property is alienable, meaning you're free to sell or gift it.
A note on using this word
Alienable is most familiar through its opposite, 'inalienable,' as in the phrase 'inalienable rights' from the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
Words with a similar meaning
transferable
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Words with an opposite meaning
inalienable
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