disjoining
Pulling things asunder
Disjoining is the act of separating things that were connected or joined together.
The word appears in formal or literary contexts: The disjoining of church and state took centuries.
It emphasizes the undoing of a previous union rather than simple separation.
Cutting apart completely
- sunderingAct of splitting apart
- cleavingDividing by cutting
- splittingDividing into parts
- partitioningDividing into sections
bisecting · dissecting · decoupling · uncoupling · unfastening · unhitching · detaching · disconnecting
Emotional separation between people
- alienationState of being isolated
- dissociationMental separation from surroundings
- disaffiliationFormal separation from organization
- breakupRomantic relationship's termination
parting · rift · schism · disunion · rupture · falling out · disengagement · withdrawal
Splitting into parts
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- segmentationDivision into sections
- bifurcationDivision into two branches
- subdivisionPortion of something larger
dichotomy · fragmentation · categorization · classification · demarcation · delineation · compartmentalization · differentiation
Voluntary withdrawal from society
- segregationForced separation by group
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- insulationThermal transfer prevention
sequestration · cordoning · setting apart · walling off · sectioning · cutting off · removing · withdrawing
severing
Cutting apart completely
partitioning · bisecting · dissecting · decoupling · uncoupling · unfastening · unhitching · detaching · disconnecting · unlinking
estrangement
Emotional separation between people
- alienationState of being isolated
- dissociationMental separation from surroundings
- disaffiliationFormal separation from organization
breakup · parting · rift · schism · disunion · rupture · falling out · disengagement · withdrawal · distancing
division
Splitting into parts
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- segmentationDivision into sections
- bifurcationDivision into two branches
subdivision · dichotomy · fragmentation · categorization · classification · demarcation · delineation · compartmentalization · differentiation · separation
seclusion
Voluntary withdrawal from society
- segregationForced separation by group
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
insulation · sequestration · cordoning · setting apart · walling off · sectioning · cutting off · removing · withdrawing · detachment
disjoiningjoining
Linking into one
connecting · uniting · linking · coupling · merging
disjoiningassembling
Fitting parts together
combining · putting together · piecing together · constructing · building
join, junction, joining, rejoin, adjunct, disjointed, adjoin, injunction, disjoin