division
I
(act of dividing) noun
allocation, allotment, apportionment, breaking, breakup, cleavage, cut, cutting, departmentalization, detachment, disaccord, disagreement, disassociation, disbandment, disconnection, discord, disengagement, disharmony, disjunction, disjuncture, dismemberment, dispersal, dispersion, dissemination, dissension, disseverance, dissipation, dissociation, dissonance, distribution, disunion, disuniting, disunity, divisio, divorce, faction, noncooperation, opposition, parcelling, parting, partitio, partition, portioning, rationing, schism, scission, section, segmentation, segregation, sejunction, separation, severance, sharing, split, splitting, spread, sunderance, tearing, uncoupling, untying
associated concepts: division of costs, division of damages, division of governmental powers, division of property, equitable division, final division and distribution, political subdivision
II
(administrative unit) noun
area, branch, cadre, canton, category, chapter, class, classification, department, district, group, grouping, province, region, ward, zone
III
index
affiliate, alienation (estrangement), apportionment, argument (contention), article (distinct section of a writing), assignment (allotment), bureau, capacity (sphere), chamber (compartment), chapter (branch), class, classification, component, conflict, constituency, constituent (part), decentralization, denomination, department, detail, dichotomy, disaccord, disassociation, discord, discrimination (differentiation), dispensation (act of dispensing), dissension, distribution (apportionment), equity (share of ownership), estrangement, faction, incompatibility (difference), installment, kind, manner (kind), member (constituent part), moiety, offshoot, organ, part (place), part (portion), plot (land), province, ration, region, rubric (title), schism, segment, segregation (separation), separation, severance, split, subdivision, subheading, territory, unit (department), variance (disagreement)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006