break away

(noun) the act of breaking away or withdrawing from. Synonyms: breakaway, breaking away. Examples: "There was a breakaway by the discontented members." "A breaking away from family and neighborhood."

(verb) move away or escape suddenly. Synonyms: break, break out, break away. Examples: "The horses broke from the stable." "Three inmates broke jail." "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security."

(verb) break off (a piece from a whole). Synonyms: chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off. Example: "Her tooth chipped."

(verb) interrupt a continued activity. Synonyms: break, break away. Example: "She had broken with the traditional patterns."

(verb) withdraw from an organization or communion. Synonyms: secede, splinter, break away. Example: "After the break up of the soviet union, many republics broke away."

(verb) flee; take to one's heels; cut and run. Synonyms: scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away. Examples: "If you see this man, run!." "The burglars escaped before the police showed up."

(adj) having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude. Synonyms: breakaway, fissiparous, separatist. Example: "A breakaway faction."