alienation of affections

or alienation of affection

noun Law.

the estrangement by a third person of one spouse from the other.

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Origin of alienation of affections

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby alienation of affections

alien and sedition acts, alienable, alienage, alienate, alienation, alienation of affections, alienee, alieni generis, alieni juris, alienia, alienism
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