Hypertext Webster Gateway: "estrangement"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Estrangement \Es*trange"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. estrangement.]
The act of estranging, or the state of being estranged;
alienation.
An estrangement from God. --J. C.
Shairp.
A long estrangement from better things. --South.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
estrangement
n 1: separation resulting from hostility [syn: {alienation}]
2: the feeling of being alienated from other people [syn: {alienation},
{disaffection}]
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