1. The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated.
2. (Law)
Defn: A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another.
3. A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections. The alienation of his heart from the king. Bacon.
4. Mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, alienation of mind.
Syn. — Insanity; lunacy; madness; derangement; aberration; mania; delirium; frenzy; dementia; monomania. See Insanity.
ALIENATOR
Al"ien*a"tor, n.
Defn: One who alienates.
ALIENE
Al*iene, v. t.
Defn: To alien or alienate; to transfer, as title or property; as, to aliene an estate.