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scission
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun scission has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
scission, n. [L. scissio, fr. scindere, scissum, to cut, to split: cf. F. scission.].
The act of dividing with an instrument having a sharp edge. Wiseman. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
scission, n.
1 the act or an instance of cutting; the state of being cut.
2 a division or split.
1 the act or an instance of cutting; the state of being cut.
2 a division or split.
Etymology
ME f. OF scission or LL scissio (as SCISSILE)
THESAURUS
scission
abscission, amputation, butchering, chopping, cleavage, cutting, dichotomy, enucleation, excision, fission, laceration, mutilation, rending, resection, ripping, section, severance, slashing, slicing, splitting, surgery, tearingROGET THESAURUS
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Disjunction
N disjunction, disconnection, disunity, disunion, disassociation, disengagement, discontinuity, abjunction, cataclasm, inconnection, abstraction, abstractedness, isolation, insularity, insulation, oasis, island, separateness, severalty, disjecta membra, dispersion, apportionment, separation, parting, circumcision, detachment, segregation, divorce, sejunction, seposition, diduction, diremption, discerption, elision, caesura, break, fracture, division, subdivision, rupture, compartition, dismemberment, dislocation, luxation, severance, disseverance, scission, rescission, abscission, laceration, dilaceration, disruption, abruption, avulsion, divulsion, section, resection, cleavage, fission, partibility, separability, fissure, breach, rent, split, rift, crack, slit, incision, dissection anatomy, decomposition, cutting instrument, buzzsaw, circular saw, rip saw, separatist, disjoined, discontinuous, multipartite, abstract, disjunctive, secant, isolated, insular, separate, disparate, discrete, apart, asunder, far between, loose, free, unattached, unannexed, unassociated, unconnected, distinct, adrift, straggling, rift, reft, scissile, divisible, discerptible, partible, separable, separately, one by one, severally, apart, adrift, asunder, in twain, in the abstract, abstractedly.
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