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Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations

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S: (n) divergence, divergency (an infinite series that has no limit)
S: (n) divergence, divergency (the act of moving away in different direction from a common point) "an angle is formed by the divergence of two straight lines"

S: (n) avulsion (a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another)
S: (n) dissociation (the act of removing from association)
S: (n) secession, withdrawal (formal separation from an alliance or federation)
S: (n) disunion (the termination or destruction of union)
S: (n) disconnection, disjunction (the act of breaking a connection)
S: (n) division (the act or process of dividing)
S: (n) detachment, disengagement (the act of releasing from an attachment or connection)
S: (n) tear (the act of tearing) "he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear"
S: (n) removal, remotion (the act of removing) "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy"
S: (n) division, partition, partitioning, segmentation, sectionalization, sectionalisation (the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart)
S: (n) divergence, divergency (the act of moving away in different direction from a common point) "an angle is formed by the divergence of two straight lines"
S: (n) withdrawal (the act of ceasing to participate in an activity)
S: (n) Secession (the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War)