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1. The act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal
   "lactation normally continues until weaning"
   - ablactation

1. Gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk
   "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"; "The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle"
   - ablactate
    
2. Detach the affections of

Type of: alien, alienate, commutation, deprive, disaffect, estrange, exchange, substitution

Encyclopedia: Wean