| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. The act or process of detaching: detachment, disconnection, disengagement, uncoupling. See ASSEMBLE. 2. The act or an instance of distinguishing: differentiation, discrimination, distinction. See SAME. 3. The act or an instance of separating one thing from another: detachment, disjunction, disjuncture, disseverance, disseverment, disunion, division, divorce, divorcement, parting, partition, severance, split. See ASSEMBLE, PART. 4. A space or interval between objects or points: gap, interspace, interstice, interval. See OPEN. 5. The act or process of isolating: insulation, isolation, segregation, sequestration. See INCLUDE.
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