disconnect: Meaning and Definition of

dis•con•nect

1. to sever or interrupt the connection of or between; detach: They disconnected the telephone. We were disconnected.

1. to sever or terminate a connection, as of a telephone; hang up: State your business and disconnect.
2. to withdraw into one's private world: When social pressures become too great, she simply disconnects.

1. an act or instance of disconnecting, esp. the suspension of telephone or cable TV service for nonpayment of service charges.