Estrangement definition
When you and your family members are no longer speaking due to a dispute over dividing up your parents assets, this is an example of estrangement.
When you are living apart from your husband and are on the path to divorce, this is an example of estrangement.
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Origin of estrangement
- Old French estrangement, corresponding to estrange +"Ž -ment (“act, state")
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