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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. the feeling of being alienated from other people;
[syn: alienation, disaffection, estrangement]

2. separation resulting from hostility;
[syn: alienation, estrangement]

3. (law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another;
- Example: "the power of alienation is an essential ingredient of ownership"

4. the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly;
- Example: "his behavior alienated the other students"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Alienation \Al`ien*a"tion\, n. [F. ali['e]nation, L. alienatio, fr. alienare, fr. alienare. See Alienate.] 1. The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another. [1913 Webster] 3. A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections. [1913 Webster] The alienation of his heart from the king. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 4. Mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, alienation of mind. [1913 Webster] Syn: Insanity; lunacy; madness; derangement; aberration; mania; delirium; frenzy; dementia; monomania. See Insanity. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

alienation n 1: the feeling of being alienated from other people [syn: alienation, disaffection, estrangement] 2: separation resulting from hostility [syn: alienation, estrangement] 3: (law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another; "the power of alienation is an essential ingredient of ownership" 4: the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly; "his behavior alienated the other students"