alienation
alienation is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Law) A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another.
- 2.A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections. The alienation of his heart from the king. Bacon.
- 3.Mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, alienation of mind. See Insanity.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abalienate
- abalienation
- acquire
- against
- alien
- alienable
- alienate
- and
- animosity
- another
- arms
- assign
- assignment
- bad
- bargain
- barter
- bear
- bitterness
- but
- change
- cold
- come
- coming
- confer
- consign
- convey
- conveyance
- conveyancing
- cool
- demise
- devolution
- devolve
- disaffected
- discord
- disinherit
- dislike
- dispossess
- down
- drawn
- enfeoffment
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is alienation.
- What is a transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another called?
- What is a withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections. The alienation of his heart from the king. Bacon called?
- What is mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, alienation of mind. See Insanity called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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