alienation of affection

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

   Broadertort

Questions about alienation of affection

What does alienation of affection mean?

alienation of affection means "a tort based on willful and malicious interference with the marriage relation by a third party without justification or excuse".

Is alienation of affection a common word?

alienation of affection is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.