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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Nearby words

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

Origin of alienation of affections

First recorded in 1865–70

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