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falling out

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  • noun idiomatic A disagreement; a major difference of opinion.
  • verb Present participle of fall out.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

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synonyms (31)

Words with the same meaning

  1. alienation
  2. altercation
  3. beef
  4. bickering
  5. breach
  6. breach of friendship
  7. break
  8. cleavage
  9. cleft
  10. controversy
  11. disaffection
  12. disfavor
  13. dispute
  14. disruption
  15. disunion
  16. disunity
  17. divergence
  18. dividedness
  19. division
  20. estrangement
  21. feud
  22. hassle
  23. open rupture
  24. recall of ambassadors
  25. rift
  26. row
  27. run-in
  28. rupture
  29. schism
  30. separation
  31. split

hypernyms (3)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. breakup
  2. detachment
  3. separation

hyponyms (1)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. schism

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