Distancing

//ˈdɪstənsɪŋ// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process of becoming or making distant. countable, uncountable

    "If you were apprehensive, you were in the good company of Dylan aficionados still grappling with the trickster mystique of the 66-year-old singer-songwriter who see the Pulitzer as another chapter in his complicated history with the establishment, an ongoing dance of distancings and détentes."

  2. 2
    Ellipsis of social distancing. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

    "distancing laws"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of distance form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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lengthoutdistanceoutdistancealienationaloofnessaloofness

Example

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"We're distancing ourselves from the rest of the family."

Related phrases

comprehensive distancingdistancing effectphysical distancingsocial distancing

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