ALIENATION OF AFFECTION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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)

Credits