n.
1.a state of separation between persons or groups
2.the act of isolating something
3.a feeling of being disliked and alone
4.preference for seclusion or isolation
5.(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
6.a country's withdrawal from internal politics
Idiom of the Day
toing and froing (about something)
to be moving back and forth on an issue, to be changing one's mind about something
My father and mother have been toing and froing for several weeks about whether or not they will go to Europe for a holiday.