estrangement Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun separation resulting from hostility
    alienation.
  2. noun the feeling of being alienated from other people
    alienation; disaffection.

WordNet

Es*trange"ment noun
Etymology
Cf. OF. estrangement.
Definitions
  1. The act of estranging, or the state of being estranged; alienation.
    An estrangement from God. J. C. Shairp.
    A long estrangement from better things. South.

Webster 1913