Alienation Definition

ālyə-nāshən, ālē-ə-
noun
An alienating or being alienated; specif., estrangement or detachment.
Webster's New World
Mental derangement; insanity.
Webster's New World
The act of transferring property or title to it to another.
American Heritage
The act of alienating or the condition of being alienated; estrangement.
Alcoholism often leads to the alienation of family and friends.
American Heritage Medicine
In real property law, the voluntary and absolute transfer of title of possession, by gift, sale, or testamentary instrument, of real property from one to another.
Webster's New World Law
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Other Word Forms of Alienation

Noun

Singular:
alienation
Plural:
alienations

Origin of Alienation

  • Old French alienacion, from Latin aliēnātiō.

    From Wiktionary

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