defiliation /dɪˌfɪliːˈ(j)eɪʃən/ noun1 •The separation of a child from its parents.[…] the tales of fairy-spiriting may shadow a lamentable verity, and the recovery of the young Montagu be but a solitary instance of good fortune, out of many irreparable and hopeless defiliations. — 1823 formsdefiliations