Crossword clues for disunion
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disunion \Dis*un"ion\, n. [Pref. dis- + union: cf. F. d['e]sunion.]
The termination of union; separation; disjunction; as, the disunion of the body and the soul.
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A breach of concord and its effect; alienation.
Such a disunion between the two houses as might much clou? the happiness of this kingdom.
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The termination or disruption of the union of the States forming the United States.
I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion.
--D. Webster.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. separation of a union
WordNet
n. the termination or destruction of union [ant: union]
Usage examples of "disunion".
All who cherish disunion sentiments are now being educated to the exact temper of doing this.
But upon his illness, and the disadvantageous circumstances in which the Crusaders were placed, the national disunion between the various bands united in the Crusade, began to display itself, just as old wounds break out afresh in the human body when under the influence of disease or debility.
If this suspicion was well founded, then Lincoln, under the rubric of Union, was secretly plotting abolition, which to Breck meant not only permanent disunion, but two hostile powers on the same continent.
And desiring above all to sow fear and disunion among the Eldar, he commanded the Orcs to take alive any of them that they could and bring them bound to Angband.
But the political disunions of Europe, the political convulsions against monarchy, the recalcitrance of the common folk and perhaps also the greater accessibility of the western European intelligence to mechanical ideas and inventions, turned the process into quite novel directions.
As he did not think himself safe even in Italy, on account of the disunion which prevailed, he directed his thoughts to a generous enterprise.