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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alienation \Al`ien*a"tion\, n. [F. ali['e]nation, L. alienatio,
fr alienare, fr alienare. See {Alienate}.]
1. The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated.
2. (Law) A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of
property to another.
3. A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections.
The alienation of his heart from the king. --Bacon.
4. Mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties;
insanity; as alienation of mind.
Syn: Insanity; lunacy; madness; derangement; aberration;
mania; delirium; frenzy; dementia; monomania. See
{Insanity}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
alienation
n 1: the feeling of being alienated from other people [syn: {disaffection},
{estrangement}]
2: separation resulting from hostility [syn: {estrangement}]
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