† disunitionn.
Obsolete. rare.
The action of disuniting; disjunction, separation, disunion.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun]
asunderingeOE
sheddingc1175
twinning?c1225
departingc1300
sunderinga1325
to-dighting1340
partingc1350
disseverancec1374
divisionc1374
severinga1382
departitionc1400
separation1413
sunderance1435
departisonc1440
deceperationa1450
severance1467
dissevering1488
dissever?1507
departurec1515
dividing1526
partition1530
sejunction1532
separatinga1557
sequestration1567
decision1574
divorce1593
disseveration16..
dissevermenta1603
sunderment1603
disparting1611
disunition1611
singling1625
divide1642
severation1649
concisure1656
department1677
secretion1696
abgregation1730
disengagement1791
disassociation1825
dispartment1869
dissociation1877
secernment1894
breakaway1897
delinkage1973
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Abstraict, a seperation, disunition, disiunction.
1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xiv. 444 Disunition [other edd. disunion] and distinction of Parties.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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