| Main Entry: | disjunction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | separation |
Synonyms: |
detachment, disconnectedness, disconnection, disjointedness, disjuncture, disseverment, disunion, division, divorce, parting, severance, split |
| Concept: | Disjunction. |
| Category: | 3. CONJUNCTIVE QUANTITY |
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-nouns
disjunction, disconnection, disunity, disunion, disassociation, disengagement; discontinuity; abjunction; cataclasm; inconnection; abstraction, abstractedness; isolation; insularity, insulation; oasis; island; separateness; severalty; disjecta membra; dispersion; apportionment., separation; parting; circumcision; detachment, segregation; divorce, sejunction, seposition, diduction, diremption, discerption; elision; caesura, break, fracture, division, subdivision, rupture; compartition; dismemberment, dislocation; luxation; severance, disseverance; scission; rescission, abscission; laceration, dilaceration; disruption, abruption; avulsion, divulsion; section, resection, cleavage; fission; partibility, separability., fissure, breach, rent, split, rift, crack, slit, incision., dissection anatomy; decomposition; cutting instrument (sharpness); buzzsaw, circular saw, rip saw., separatist.
-verbs
be disjoined; come off, fall off, come to pieces, fall to pieces; peel off; get loose., disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite, dissociate, dispair; divorce, part, dispart, detach, separate, cut off, rescind, segregate; set apart, keep apart; insulate, isolate; throw out of gear; cut adrift; loose; unloose, undo, unbind, unchain, unlock (fix), unpack, unravel; disentangle; set free (liberate)., sunder, divide, subdivide, sever, dissever, abscind; circumcise; cut; incide, incise; saw, snip, nib, nip, cleave, rive, rend, slit, split, splinter, chip, crack, snap, break, tear, burst; rend, rend asunder, rend in twain; wrench, rupture, shatter, shiver, cranch, crunch, craunch, chop; cut up, rip up; hack, hew, slash; whittle; haggle, hackle, discind, lacerate, scamble, mangle, gash, hash, slice., cut up, carve, dissect, anatomize; dislimb; take to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, tear to pieces; tear to tatters, tear piecemeal, tear limb from limb; divellicate; skin; disintegrate, dismember, disbranch, disband; disperse; dislocate, disjoint; break up; mince; comminute (pulverize); apportion., part, part company; separate, leave.
-adjectives
disjoined; discontinuous; multipartite, abstract; disjunctive; secant; isolated; insular, separate, disparate, discrete, apart, asunder, far between, loose, free; unattached, unannexed, unassociated, unconnected; distinct; adrift; straggling; rift, reft., [capable of being cut] scissile, divisible, discerptible, partible, separable.
-adverbs
separately; one by one, severally, apart; adrift, asunder, in twain; in the abstract, abstractedly.
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Antonyms: |
junction |
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| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fissure, opening |
Synonyms: |
breach, cleft, crack, discontinuity, disjunction, division, fracture, gap, gash, hole, rent, rift, rupture, schism, split, tear |
| Notes: | to brake is to slow or stop while break is to cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently, smash or crack |
Antonyms: |
association, attachment, binding, combination, fastening, juncture |
| Main Entry: | discontinuance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stop, suspension of activity |
Synonyms: |
adjournment, alternation, cease, cessation, close, closing, desistance, desuetude, discontinuation, disjunction, disruption, ending, finish, intermission, interruption, separation, stopping, termination |
Antonyms: |
continuation, restarting, retry |
| Main Entry: | dissociation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | detachment, separation |
Synonyms: |
break, disconnection, disengagement, disjunction, distancing, disunion, division, divorce, isolation, segregation, severance |
Antonyms: |
association, attachment, connection, union |
| Main Entry: | fracture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, rupture |
Synonyms: |
breach, cleavage, cleft, crack, discontinuity, disjunction, displacement, fissure, fragmentation, gap, mutilation, opening, rent, rift, schism, severance, splinter, split, wound |
| Main Entry: | separation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | being apart; break-up |
Synonyms: |
break, dedomiciling, departure, detachment, dialysis, disconnection, disengagement, disjunction, disrelation, dissociation, dissolution, disunion, division, divorce, divorcement, embarkation, estrangement, farewell, gap, leave-taking, parting, parting of the ways, partition, pffft, rift, rupture, segregation, severance, split, split-up |
Antonyms: |
togetherness |
| Main Entry: | disjuncture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | separation |
Synonyms: |
detachment, disconnectedness, disconnection, disjointedness, disjunction, disseverment, disunion, division, divorce, parting, severance, split |
| Main Entry: | disunion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | division |
Synonyms: |
argument, breakup, conflict, detachment, disagreement, disconnection, discord, disjunction, disjuncture, dispute, dissension, dissidence, disunity, divergence, divergency, divorce, parting, partition, separation, severance, split |
| Main Entry: | disunity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | division |
Synonyms: |
argument, breakup, conflict, detachment, disagreement, disconnection, discord, disjunction, disjuncture, dispute, dissension, dissidence, disunion, divergence, divergency, divorce, parting, partition, separation, severance, split |