[syn: disconnection, disjunction]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Disconnection \Dis`con*nec"tion\, n.
The act of disconnecting, or state of being disconnected;
separation; want of union.
[1913 Webster]
Nothing was therefore to be left in all the subordinate
members but weakness, disconnection, and confusion.
--Burke.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
disconnection
n 1: state of being disconnected [syn: disjunction,
disjuncture, disconnection, disconnectedness] [ant:
connectedness, connection, link]
2: an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of
understanding); "he felt a gulf between himself and his
former friends"; "there is a vast disconnect between public
opinion and federal policy" [syn: gulf, disconnect,
disconnection]
3: the act of breaking a connection [syn: disconnection,
disjunction]