FALLING OUT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

Example:

they hoped to avoid a break in relations

Synonyms:

breach; break; falling out; rift; rupture; severance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("falling out" is a kind of...):

breakup; detachment; separation (coming apart)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "falling out"):

schism (the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences)