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2 definitions found 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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