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Disaffect

/dɪsəˈfɛkt/

To cause a loss of affection, sympathy or loyalty in; to alienate or estrange.

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    To cause a loss of affection, sympathy or loyalty in; to alienate or estrange.

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alienateverbTo estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted.
estrangeverb(transitive) To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged).
aliennounA citizen or national of another sovereign state.

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estrangeverb(transitive) To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged).
alienateverbTo estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted.
alienverbA citizen or national of another sovereign state.
abalienateverb(civil law, transitive) To make another's that which was once yours; to transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.
strangeNot normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.
sourTasting of acidity.
irreconcileverb(obsolete) To prevent from being reconciled; to alienate or disaffect.
distastenounA feeling of dislike, aversion or antipathy.
disenamourverb(transitive) To free from being in love; to cause to fall out of love.
disenchantverb(transitive, of a person) To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion.
disuniteverb(transitive) To separate, sever, or split.
strangernounA person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
disconnectnounA break or interruption in an existing connection, continuum, or process; disconnection.
dissocializeverb(transitive) To render unsocial.
dejectnounOne who is lowly or abject.
disanimateverb(transitive) To deprive of life.
alienizeverb(transitive) To render (something or someone) alien
unrelateverb(transitive) To remove from being in relation to something; to dissociate.
disalliege
distancenoun(countable) An amount of space between points (often geographical points), usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.

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