Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the termination or destruction of union;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Disunion \Dis*un"ion\, n. [Pref. dis- + union: cf. F.
d['e]sunion.]
1. The termination of union; separation; disjunction; as, the
disunion of the body and the soul.
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2. A breach of concord and its effect; alienation.
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Such a disunion between the two houses as might much
clou? the happiness of this kingdom. --Clarendon.
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3. The termination or disruption of the union of the States
forming the United States.
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I have not accustomed myself to hang over the
precipice of disunion. --D. Webster.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
disunion
n 1: the termination or destruction of union [ant:
conjugation, jointure, unification, union,
uniting]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "disunion":
abstraction, alienation, antagonism, argumentation, breach,
breach of friendship, break, clashing, cleavage, cleft, conflict,
contention, contradiction, controversy, detachment, difference,
disaccord, disaccordance, disaffection, disagreement,
disarticulation, disassociation, disconnectedness, disconnection,
discontinuity, discord, discordance, discordancy, discrepancy,
disengagement, disfavor, disharmony, disjointing, disjunction,
dislocation, disparity, disruption, dissension, dissent,
dissidence, dissolution, dissonance, disunity, divergence,
diversity, dividedness, division, divorce, divorcement,
estrangement, faction, falling-out, inaccordance, incoherence,
inequality, isolation, jarring, luxation, negation, open rupture,
opposition, oppugnancy, parting, partition, recall of ambassadors,
removal, repugnance, rift, rupture, schism, segmentation,
separation, separatism, split, split-up, strife, subdivision,
subtraction, unharmoniousness, variance, withdrawal, zoning