disjoin

[ dis-join ]

verb (used with object)

1. to undo or prevent the junction or union of; disunite; separate.

verb (used without object)

1. to become disunited; separate.

disjoin

/ dɪsˈdʒɔɪn /

verb

1. to disconnect or become disconnected; separate

Derived Forms

• disˈjoinable, adjective

Other Words From

• dis·joina·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of disjoin¹

1475–85; Middle English disjoinen < Old French desjoindre < Latin disjungere, equivalent to dis- dis- ¹ + jungere to join

Example Sentences

Only one course, therefore, was left: and that was to disjoin the regal title from the regal prerogatives.

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First, he does not propose to disjoin absolutely and in all cases the religious rite from the ordinary meal.

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Ideas thronged into my mind which I was unable to disjoin or to regulate.

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The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them.

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Necessary and just causes have necessary and just consequences: what error and disaster joined, reason and equity should disjoin.

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