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Noun: estrangement  e'streynj-munt or i'streynj-munt
  1. Separation resulting from hostility
    "Their estrangement was a result of years of misunderstanding";
    - alienation
     
  2. The feeling of being alienated from other people
    "Their estrangement began after a bitter argument";
    - alienation, disaffection

Derived forms: estrangements

Type of: dislike, isolation

Encyclopedia: Estrangement