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alienate Definition


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alienate
verb alienated, alienating
    1. To make someone become unfriendly or estranged.
      Thesaurus: estrange, disassociate, separate, withdraw, turn away, set against, antagonize, divorce; Antonym: unite, disarm.
    2. To make someone feel unwelcome or isolated.
    3. law.
      To transfer ownership of (property) to another person.
Derivative: alienation
noun
    The process or effect of alienating
      Thesaurus: estrangement, disassociation, disjunction, indifference, remoteness, rupture, severance, withdrawal, turning away, separation, divorce; Antonym: reconciliation.
Etymology: 16c; 15c as obsolete adj, meaning ‘estranged': from Latin alienatus, from alienus foreign.



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