Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.2. (n.) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations. 3. (n.) The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced. Thesaurus abstraction alienation convulsion derangement detachment disarrangement disarticulation disassociation discomposure disconnectedness disconnection discontinuity disengagement disjointing disjunction disorder disorganization disturbance disunion division divorce divorcement incoherence insanity isolation luxation misarrangement parting partition perturbation removal segmentation separation separatism shuffling subdivision subtraction withdrawal zoning |