Associations to the word «Alienate»

Wiktionary

ALIENATE, adjective. Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; with from.
ALIENATE, noun. (obsolete) A stranger; an alien.
ALIENATE, verb. To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.
ALIENATE, verb. To estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to wean.

Dictionary definition

ALIENATE, verb. Arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious".
ALIENATE, verb. Transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the property to the heirs".
ALIENATE, verb. Make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated; "the boring work alienated his employees".

Wise words

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act upon them?
Dhammapada