DISCONNECTION

disconnection, disjunction

(noun) the act of breaking a connection

gulf, disconnect, disconnection

(noun) 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”

disjunction, disjuncture, disconnection, disconnectedness

(noun) state of being disconnected

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

disconnection (countable and uncountable, plural disconnections)

Severance of a physical connection.

Unexpected termination of a telephone connection.

Absence of rapport; the nonexistence of, or a breakdown of, effective communication.

Synonyms

• disconnect (noun)

Source: Wiktionary


Dis`con*nec"tion, n.

Definition: The act of disconnecting, or state of being disconnected; separation; want of union. Nothing was therefore to be left in all the subordinate members but weakness, disconnection, and confusion. Burke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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