disseverance
Act of dividing
Disseverance is the act of cutting apart or separating, especially something that was once joined.
The word is rare and formal, appearing mainly in legal or literary contexts: the disseverance of the northern territories from the republic.
It emphasizes the completeness or finality of a division.
Dividing by cutting
- rendingTearing apart forcefully
- severingCutting apart completely
- bisectingDividing into two equal parts
- slicingCutting into portions
halving · quartering · carving · incising · slitting · tearing · cutting · rupturing
Barrier separating spaces
- segmentationDivision into sections
- bifurcationDivision into two branches
- schismFormal organizational fracture
- cleavageTendency to split cleanly
subdivision · divergence · dichotomy · demarcation · disunion · dissection · fractionation · sundering
Emotional separation between people
- riftCrack or estrangement
- breachBreaking of agreement
- alienationState of being isolated
- divorceLegal end of matrimony
dissolution · disconnection · disengagement · disentanglement · disassociation · dismemberment · disarticulation · detachment
Romantic relationship's termination
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- alienationState of being isolated
- riftCrack or estrangement
- falling-outSerious dispute ending relations
departure · leave-taking · farewell · goodbye · ending · termination · dissolution · split
cleaving
Dividing by cutting
- rendingTearing apart forcefully
- severingCutting apart completely
- bisectingDividing into two equal parts
slicing · halving · quartering · carving · incising · slitting · tearing · cutting · rupturing · breaking
partition
Barrier separating spaces
- segmentationDivision into sections
- bifurcationDivision into two branches
- schismFormal organizational fracture
cleavage · subdivision · divergence · dichotomy · demarcation · disunion · dissection · fractionation · sundering · trisection
estrangement
Emotional separation between people
- riftCrack or estrangement
- breachBreaking of agreement
- alienationState of being isolated
divorce · dissolution · disconnection · disengagement · disentanglement · disassociation · dismemberment · disarticulation · detachment · rupture
breakup
Romantic relationship's termination
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- alienationState of being isolated
- riftCrack or estrangement
falling-out · departure · leave-taking · farewell · goodbye · ending · termination · dissolution · split
disseveranceunion
Joining into one
joining · connection · attachment · bonding · marriage
disseveranceconsolidation
Combining into unified whole
integration · amalgamation · fusion · synthesis · cohesion
sever, severance, dissever, disseverment, dissevered, dissevering