Associations to the word «Estrangement»

Wiktionary

ESTRANGEMENT, noun. The act of estranging; the act of alienating; alienation.
ESTRANGEMENT, noun. The state of being alien; foreign, non-native.

Dictionary definition

ESTRANGEMENT, noun. Separation resulting from hostility.
ESTRANGEMENT, noun. The feeling of being alienated from other people.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats