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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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