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Definition

make one feel emotionally separated or unfriendly

In law, "alienate" can mean to transfer property or ownership.

Its result, on earth, could hardly fail to be insanity, and hereafter, that eternal alienation from the Good and True, of which madness is perhaps the earthly type.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter

alienation = separation

(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)

She went out, looked at the cage, buried the starved little singer, and from that hour her heart softened towards the self-alienated man.
Thomas Hardy -- The Mayor of Casterbridge
This course of conduct had alienated the old bachelor's affection, once strongly fixed upon him.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The House of the Seven Gables
He had come back with nothing that could alienate her.
Zane Grey -- The Man of the Forest
Now, with Langdon separated from Sophie on the far side of the room, Teabing sensed he had successfully alienated the two companions from one another.
Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code
The first would alienate State power by implication.
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, & John Jay -- The Federalist Papers — Modern English Edition 2
She could always make the kind of literal remark, like this, that could alienate me, even when we were children-much as I love her.
Eudora Welty -- The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
Continuing his disgraceful deception, he succeeded in the course of the afternoon in alienating the affections of my only ward.
Oscar Wilde -- The Importance of Being Earnest
I'm afraid she's quite alienated the van der Luydens ...."
Edith Wharton -- The Age of Innocence
If I filed for divorce, if I alienated myself from Moody, he would write me out of his life.
Betty Mahmoody -- Not Without My Daughter
Had anything occurred that was likely to alienate her from her family?
E.M. Forster -- Howards End
She despised me as much as ever, but she began to alienate her friends, husband, brother and even her own mother.
Dave Pelzer -- A Child Called It
As always, I seem to be especially adept at alienating the few people I actually want to talk to.
Sarah Dessen -- Along for the Ride
How could I have alienated him so completely in such a short amount of time?
Stephenie Meyer -- New Moon
Surely, that will alienate our people.
Kiera Cass -- The One
But in the meantime, our priority needs to be forming an alliance with Luna, not alienating it with paranoia and distrust.
Marissa Meyer -- Cinder
" The look of shock on my classmates' faces made me feel profoundly alienated.
Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe II
Chance further alienating my mom?
Ellen Hopkins -- Crank
First we talked about the quarrels and how I see them in a very different light these days, and then about how we've become alienated from our parents.
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl
That is what you have gained by alienating me!
Leo Tolstoy -- War and Peace

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