What is another word for uncoupling?

Pronunciation: [ʌnkˈʌplɪŋ] (IPA)

Uncoupling refers to the act of separating or disconnecting two things that were previously joined. When it comes to discussing matters of relationships, uncoupling can specifically refer to the act of separating from a romantic partner. However, there are many synonyms for this word that can be used to describe similar actions or scenarios. These synonyms include disentanglement, disconnection, separation, detachment, and divorce. Each of these words can be used to describe a distinct type of uncoupling, whether it's the process of physically disconnecting one thing from another, or the emotional separation that occurs between two people.

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Usage examples for Uncoupling

All morning it came in a seemingly endless chain; uncoupling link by link, only to weld together again.
"Garrison's Finish A Romance of the Race-Course"
W. B. M. Ferguson
This young Actaeon, who inherited his grandfather's antipathy to everything in distress, never sat eyes on me without uncoupling his beagles, and hunting me into some cottage or other, whither I generally fled for shelter.
"The Adventures of Roderick Random"
Tobias Smollett
At a meeting of State railroad commissioners and their accredited representatives held at Washington in March last upon the invitation of the Interstate Commerce Commission a resolution was unanimously adopted urging the Commission "to consider what can be done to prevent the loss of life and limb in coupling and uncoupling freight cars and in handling the brakes of such cars."
"Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present"
Various

Related words: divorce, relationship advice, separation, break up

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