For the possession of a secret either estranges or draws together.
"The Last Hope"
Henry Seton Merriman
More commonly, it estranges.
"The Last Hope"
Henry Seton Merriman
She did not pause to heed his words: This will spare me the linking of my name with yours any further just now; it will spare me all that I should suffer if the matter which estranges us should be discovered and be discussed.
"The Mettle of the Pasture"
James Lane Allen