ALIENATION OF AFFECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alienation of affection mean? 

• ALIENATION OF AFFECTION (noun)
  The noun ALIENATION OF AFFECTION has 1 sense:

1. a tort based on willful and malicious interference with the marriage relation by a third party without justification or excuse

  Familiarity information: ALIENATION OF AFFECTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALIENATION OF AFFECTION (noun)

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Meaning:

A tort based on willful and malicious interference with the marriage relation by a third party without justification or excuse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("alienation of affection" is a kind of...):

civil wrong; tort ((law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought)