The alienation of his heart from the king.
Bacon.
4. Mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, alienation of mind.
Syn. -- Insanity; lunacy; madness; derangement; aberration; mania; delirium; frenzy; dementia; monomania. See Insanity.
Al"ien*a"tor (&?;), n. One who alienates.
Al*iene (&?;), v. t. To alien or alienate; to transfer, as title or property; as, to aliene an estate.
Al"ien*ee" (&?;), n. (Law) One to whom the title of property is transferred; -- opposed to alienor.
It the alienee enters and keeps possession.
Blackstone.
Al"ien*ism (&?;), n. 1. The status or legal condition of an alien; alienage.
The law was very gentle in the construction of the disability of alienism.
Kent.