estrangement

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
estrangement
    n 1: separation resulting from hostility [syn: {alienation},
         {estrangement}]
    2: the feeling of being alienated from other people [syn:
       {alienation}, {disaffection}, {estrangement}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Estrangement \Es*trange"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. estrangement.]
   The act of estranging, or the state of being estranged;
   alienation.
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         An estrangement from God.                --J. C.
                                                  Shairp.
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         A long estrangement from better things.  --South.
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