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Alienation

The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated.

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Action 76% connected

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

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Dislike 76% connected

To regard with dislike or aversion; to disapprove; to disrelish.

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Isolation 76% connected

The act of isolating, or the state of being isolated; insulation; separation; loneliness.

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Transfer 76% connected

To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one count…

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Transference 76% connected

The act of transferring; conveyance; passage; transfer.

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Isolation 76% connected

The act of isolating, or the state of being isolated; insulation; separation; loneliness.

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Disaffection 92% connected

State of being disaffected; alienation or want of affection or good will, esp. toward those in authority; unfriendliness; dislike.

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Estrangement 92% connected

The act of estranging, or the state of being estranged; alienation.

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Presumption noun · 85% connection

(law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed

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Conveyance noun · 84% connection

act of transferring property title from one person to another

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Conveyancing noun · 84% connection

act of transferring property title from one person to another

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Conveying noun · 84% connection

act of transferring property title from one person to another

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Delivery noun · 83% connection

the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another

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Livery noun · 83% connection

the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another

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Abatement of a nuisance noun · 78% connection

(law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance

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Actual damages noun · 78% connection

(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensa…

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Assumed name noun · 78% connection

(law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of inc…

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Attestant noun · 78% connection

(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

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Attestator noun · 78% connection

(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

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Cease and desist order noun · 78% connection

(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunctions were forme…

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Civil wrong noun · 78% connection

(law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought

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Combination in restraint of trade noun · 78% connection

(law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust la…

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Comparative negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff

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Compensatory damages noun · 78% connection

(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensa…

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Concurrent negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff may sue both together or separately

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Alien noun · 78% connection

One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from God's mercies.

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Alienability noun · 78% connection

Capability of being alienated.

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Alienable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another; as, land is alienable according to the laws of the state.

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Alienage noun · 78% connection

The state of being alienated or transferred to another.

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Amortization noun · 78% connection

The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmai…

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Devest verb · 78% connection

To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate.

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Disaffect verb · 78% connection

To lack affection for; to be alienated from, or indisposed toward; to dislike.

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Disaffected adjective · 78% connection

Alienated in feeling; not wholly loyal.

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Far adjective · 78% connection

Remote in affection or obedience; at a distance, morally or spiritually; t enmity with; alienated.

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Fast verb · 78% connection

Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend.

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