n. Function: noun
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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 FF1C; a schism within a political party FF1E;
Synonyms: chasm, cleavage, cleft, split; compare BREACH 3
Related Words: divergence, division, separation; breach, break, rupture; estrangement
Contrasted Words: unification, unity; reconciliation