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   Alienation , n. [F. aliénation, L. alienatio, fr. alienare, fr. alienare. See Alienate.]
   The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated.
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   (Law) A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another.
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   A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections.
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   The alienation of his heart from the king.
   Bacon.
   
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   Mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, alienation of mind.
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   Syn. -- Insanity; lunacy; madness; derangement; aberration; mania; delirium; frenzy; dementia; monomania. See Insanity.
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