disconnection (n.)

  1. state of being disconnected

    [ Syn: disjunction , disjuncture , disconnectedness ]

  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 ]

  3. the act of breaking a connection

    [ Syn: disjunction ]

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