Alienation
Pronunciation : Al`ien*a"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. ali?nation, L. alienatio, fr. alienare, fr. alienare. See Alienate.]
Definition : 1. The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated.
2. (Law)
Defn: A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another.
3. A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections. The alienation of his heart from the king. Bacon.
4. Mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, alienation of mind.
Syn. -- Insanity; lunacy; madness; derangement; aberration; mania; delirium; frenzy; dementia; monomania. See Insanity.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913