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Another word for alienation

NOUN

  1. The act of estranging or the condition of being estranged

    See also:

    love

  2. An interruption in friendly relations

    See also:

    help

    assemble

  3. Serious mental illness or disorder impairing a person's capacity to function normally and safely

    See also:

    sane

  4. A making over of legal ownership or title

    See also:

    law

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Another word for alienation

NOUN

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Sentence Examples

  • The alienation was not, however, for long.

  • The courts pronounced the alienation fines illegal.

  • Up to this time he was entirely ignorant of mathematics, his father having carefully held him aloof from a study which he rightly apprehended would lead to his total alienation from that of medicine.

  • The purpose was reasonable, but it was impossible to draw an ideal line and the result was a general alienation of the press.

  • Sin is the contradiction of that purpose, and guilt is alienation from the family.

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