ALIENATION

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated.

2.
n.

A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another.

3.
n.

A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections. The alienation of his heart from the king. Bacon.

4.
n.

Mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, alienation of mind.


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