divulsion

English

Noun

divulsion (countable and uncountable, plural divulsions)

1. The act of separating by force, especially by dilation or pulling apart.
   • 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):

     That sweet Federation was of last year; this sour Divulsion is the self-same substance, only older by the appointed days.

Translations

act of separating by force, especially by dilation or pulling apart

• Bulgarian: разкъсване (bg) (razkǎsvane)