Dis`af*fec"tion (?), n.

1.

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

In the making laws, princes must have regard to . . . the affections and disaffections of the people. Jer. Taylor.

2.

Disorder; bad constitution.

[R.]

Wiseman.

Syn. -- Dislike; disgust; discontent; unfriendliness; alienation; disloyalty; hostility.

 

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