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

The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement. [Obs.]

Failure to alienate; also, the state of not being alienated.

To cause alienation of (mind). Sandys.

A partial alienation of reason. "Occasional aberrations of intellect." Lingard. Whims, which at first are the aberrations of a single brain, pass with heat into epidemic form. I. Taylor.

, from one lord to another. This is the act of feudatories, vassals, or tenants, upon the alienation of the estate. Blackstone.

The act of a feudatory, vassal, or tenant, by which he consents, upon the alienation of an estate, to receive a new lord or superior, and transfers to him his homage and service; the agreement of a tenant to acknowledge the purchaser of the estate as his landlord. Burrill. Blackstone.

Aberration of mind; delirium. J. Motley. Deliration or alienation of the understanding. Mede.

State of being disaffected; alienation or want of affection or good will, esp. toward those in authority; unfriendliness; dislike. In the making laws, princes must have regard to . . . the affections and disaffections of the people. Jer. Taylor.

A breaking off or interruption of an estate, which happened when an alienation was made by a tenant in tail, or other tenant, seized in right of another, of a larger estate than the tenant was entitled to, whereby the party ousted or injured was driven to his real action, and could not enter. This effect of such aliena…

, of anything; the transference of anything into new hands, a new place, condition, etc.; alienation, or parting; as, a disposal of property. A domestic affair of great importance, which is no less than the disposal of my sister Jenny for life. Tatler.

A withholding of intimacy; alienation; coldness; disagreement; variance; restraint; reserve. Setting them [factions] at distance, or at least distrust amongst themselves. Bacon. On the part of Heaven, Now alienated, distance and distaste. Milton.

Alienation of affection; displeasure; anger. On the part of Heaven, Now alienated, distance and distaste. Milton.

Suspicion of evil designs. Alienation and distrust . . . are the growth of false principles. D. Webster.

A breach of concord and its effect; alienation. Such a disunion between the two houses as might much clouClarendon.

Disunion; difference in opinion or feeling; discord; variance; alienation. There was a division among the people. John vii. 43.

The act of giving or bestowing; a grant. After donation there an absolute change and alienation of the property of the thing given. South.

The act of estranging, or the state of being estranged; alienation. An estrangement from God. J. C. Shairp. A long estrangement from better things. South.

In the condition of being forfeited; subject to alienation. Shak. Once more I will renew His lapsèd powers, though forfeite. Milton.

In a manner that forbids alienation; as, rights inalienably vested.