Estrangement
[ɪ'streɪn(d)ʒm(ə)nt;e-] or [ɪ'strendʒmənt]
Definition
(n.) The act of estranging, or the state of being estranged; alienation.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Withdrawal.[2]. Disaffection, alienation.
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Examples
- Her illness or estrangement did not affect Amelia. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He had every reason given him to be so, but he was not; and solely on his side, an estrangement began to arise between them. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She did not care for the estrangement. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But, aside from this, she was keenly conscious of the way in which such an estrangement would react on herself. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- As if the estrangement between them had come of any culpability of hers. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- For a week or two he was ill, but he did not let Hermione know, and she thought he was sulking; there was a complete estrangement between them. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And besides, I wish to hear as much and as often of Ada as I can in this condition of estrangement from poor Rick. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It is plain that she has loved him, throughout the estrangement between them. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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