1. The
act of alienating, or the state of
being alienated.
2. 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.
Synonym: Insanity, lunacy, madness, derangement, aberration, mania, delirium, frenzy, dementia, monomania. See Insanity.
Origin: F. Alienation, L. Alienatio, fr. Alienare, fr. Alienare. See Alienate.
Source: Websters Vocabulary