| has gloss | (noun) the act of dividing or disconnecting
separation |
| lexicalization | eng: separation |
| subclass of | (noun) the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something
change of integrity |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of moving away in different direction from a common point; "an angle is formed by the divergence of two straight lines"
divergence, divergency |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of ceasing to participate in an activity
withdrawal |
| has subclass | (noun) a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another
avulsion |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of removing from association
dissociation |
| has subclass | (noun) formal separation from an alliance or federation
secession, withdrawal |
| has subclass | (noun) the termination or destruction of union
disunion |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of breaking a connection
disjunction, disconnection |
| has subclass | (noun) the act or process of dividing
division |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of releasing from an attachment or connection
detachment, disengagement |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of tearing; "he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear"
tear |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of removing; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy"
removal, remotion |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
segmentation, partitioning, division, sectionalization, sectionalisation, partition |
| has instance | (noun) the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War
Secession |