disaffection

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DISAFFECTION, noun 1. Alienation of affection, attachment or good will; want of affection; or more generally, positive enmity, dislike or unfriendliness; disloyalty. It generally signifies more than indifference; as the disaffection of people to their prince or government; the disaffection of allies; disaffection to religion. 2. Disorder; bad constitution; in a physical sense. [Little used.]
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