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disconnection

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dis⋅con⋅nec⋅tion

  [dis-kuh-nek-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of disconnecting.
2. the state of being disconnected; lack of connection.
Also, British, dis⋅con⋅nex⋅ion.

Origin:
1725–35; dis- 1 + connection
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dis·con·nect   (dĭs'kə-někt')   
v.   dis·con·nect·ed, dis·con·nect·ing, dis·con·nects

v.   tr.

  1. To sever or interrupt the connection of or between: disconnected the hose.

  2. Electricity To shut off the current in (an appliance) by removing its connection to a power source.

v.   intr.
To sever or interrupt a connection.
n.   (dĭs'kə-někt')
A lack of connection; a disparity: "There is a cosmic disconnect between what the voters want and what the party of the corporate interests can give them" (Bob Herbert).
dis'con·nec'tion n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

disconnection 
1735, from dis- "not" + connection.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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