Antonyms for estrangement

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ih-streynj

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈstreɪndʒ

Definition of estrangement

Origin : 1650s, from estrange + -ment.

noun destruction of affections

Example sentences :

As if the estrangement between them had come of any culpability of hers.
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

Everything that I have heard of her prophesies this estrangement.
Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant

And this was the reason that we parted—this the sole cause of our estrangement?
Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery » by Various

At all events, it led to a sort of estrangement between us,—the only one of our lives.
Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever

Estrangement from the land of his birth set in when he left the monastery of Steyn.
Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga

Paul promised, and all the estrangement seemed to melt away.
Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray

I may say that the estrangement was, perhaps, more my fault than that of the Lavilles.
Extract from : « Saint Bartholomew's Eve » by G. A. Henty

This was the commencement of an estrangement which lasted several days.
Extract from : « Bucholz and the Detectives » by Allan Pinkerton

This estrangement had occurred a quarter of a century before.
Extract from : « The Kentucky Ranger » by Edward T. Curnick

In spite of their estrangement they were both looking forward to the dance.
Extract from : « Marjorie Dean » by Pauline Lester

Synonyms for estrangement

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