(n.) Want of continuity or cohesion; disunion of parts.

Doppler effect about-face abstraction accommodation adaptation adjustment alienation alteration amelioration apostasy arrearage arrhythmia betterment breach break brokenness caesura capriciousness change change of heart changeableness choppiness clearance constructive change continuity conversion defalcation defect defection deficiency deficit degeneration degenerative change deracination desultoriness detachment deterioration deviation difference disarrangement disarticulation disassociation disconnectedness disconnection disengagement disjointing disjunction dislocation displacement distance between disunion divergence diversification diversion diversity division divorce divorcement double space eccentricity em space en space erraticness fibrillation fitfulness fits and starts fitting flip-flop fluctuation forcible shift freeboard gap gradual change hair space half space heterotopia hiatus hole improvement incoherence inconstancy interim intermediate space intermittence interruption interspace interstice interval irregularity isolation jerkiness jump lack lacuna leap leeway luxation margin melioration missing link mitigation modification modulation need nonuniformity omission opening outage overthrow parting partition patchiness qualification radical change re-creation realignment red shift redesign reform reformation remaking removal renewal reshaping restructuring reversal revival revivification revolution ripping out room roughness segmentation separation separatism shift shortage single space space space between spasticity sporadicity sporadicness spottiness stagger subdivision subtraction sudden change switch time interval total change transition turn turnabout ullage uncertainty unevenness unhinging unjointing unmethodicalness unpredictability unsteadiness unsystematicness upheaval uprooting variability variation variety violent change want wantage whimsicality withdrawal wobble worsening zoning