Estrangement
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

4 letters

FEUD
A bitter quarrel between two parties

RIFT
A narrow fissure in rock

5 letters

BREAK
An escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned"

6 letters

ENMITY
A state of deep-seated ill-will

SCHISM
Division of a group into opposing factions; "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy"

7 letters

RUPTURE
The act of making a sudden noisy break

8 letters

CLEAVAGE
The act of cleaving or splitting

DISFAVOR
An inclination to withhold approval from some person or group

DISUNION
The termination or destruction of union

DIVISION
The act or process of dividing

SEDATION
The administration of a sedative agent or drug

9 letters

DEFECTION
Withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless"

DISACCORD
Be different from one another

DISFAVOUR
An inclination to withhold approval from some person or group

10 letters

DISRUPTION
An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"

DIVERGENCE
A difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion"

FALLINGOUT
A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"

SEPARATION
Sorting one thing from others; "the separation of wheat from chaff"; "the separation of mail by postal zones"

ALIENATION
The action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly; "his behavior alienated the other students"

12 letters

DISAFFECTION
Disloyalty to the government or to established authority; "the widespread disaffection of the troops"