disconnection

Plural: disconnections

Noun

• state of being disconnected
• an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)
• the act of breaking a connection
• Severance of a physical connection.
• Unexpected termination of a telephone connection.
• Absence of rapport; the nonexistence of, or a breakdown of, effective communication.

Examples

• A sudden disconnection cut me off in mid-phrase.
• The disconnection of the power cable shut down all the computers.
• There was a hopeless disconnection between the weary, old teacher and the spirited, young students.

Synonyms

disconnect, disconnectedness, disjunction, disjuncture, gulf

Antonyms

connectedness