noun
1.
Synonyms: breach 3, break, fissure, fracture, rent, rift, rupture, split
2.
Synonyms: heresy , dissent, dissidence, heterodoxy, misbelief, nonconformism, nonconformity, unorthodoxy
3.
a division of a group into two discordant groups
a schism within a political party
Synonyms: chasm, cleavage, cleft, split; compare breach 3
Related Word: divergence, division, separation; breach, break, rupture; estrangement
Contrasted words: unification, unity; reconciliation