Alienation

(noun.) the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly; 'his behavior alienated the other students'.

(noun.) (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'.

(noun.) the feeling of being alienated from other people.

(noun.) separation resulting from hostility.

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• They might soon have been divided again, and broke into small parcels, either by succession or by alienation. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• But, in a new colony, a great uncultivated estate is likely to be much more speedily divided by alienation than by succession. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Shall two years more be thus passed, each day adding to our alienation, each act being another stone piled on the barrier which separates us? 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• But this opinion of his did not cause a lasting alienation; and the way in which the family was made whole again was characteristic of all concerned. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

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