disband
disband is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To divorce. [Obs.] And therefore . . . she ought to be disbanded. Milton.
- 2.To become separated, broken up, dissolved, or scattered; especially, to quit military service by breaking up organization. When both rocks and all things shall disband. Herbert. Human society would in a short space disband. Tillotson.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- absolution
- absolve
- acquire
- acquit
- acquittal
- acquittance
- adrift
- affranchise
- affranchisement
- asunder
- break
- cast
- clear
- collar
- deliver
- deliverance
- discharge
- disengage
- disengagement
- disentangle
- disenthrall
- disenthrallment
- disjoin
- dismiss
- dismissal
- emancipate
- emancipation
- enfranchise
- enfranchisement
- enlarge
- enlargement
- escape
- extricate
- extrication
- free
- from
- gain
- get
- harness
- let
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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