n.
1.the act of removing from association
2.a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently
3.(chemistry) the temporary or reversible process in which a molecule or ion is broken down into smaller molecules or ions
Idiom of the Day
one in a thousand/hundred/million
unique, one of a very few
I only had a one in a million chance of finding my ring which I dropped into the lake.