決けつ別べつ

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決別する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

A decisive, often final parting from a person, group, or way of life. Carries a weightier, more deliberate tone than 別れ.

〈人ひと〉と決けつ別べつするto make a decisive break from someone
彼かれは昔むかしの仲なか間まと決けつ別べつした。
He broke off ties with his old friends for good.
〈事こと〉と決けつ別べつするto break away from a way of life, habit, or past
彼かの女じょは過か去この自じ分ぶんと決けつ別べつすることを決きめた。
She decided to make a final break from who she used to be.
決けつ別べつを告つげるto announce a final parting
彼かれは静しずかに決けつ別べつを告つげた。
He quietly announced his final farewell.

別わかれN3
別れ is the general, everyday word for a parting or separation, while 決別 stresses a decisive, often permanent break.
絶ぜっ交こうN1
絶交 focuses on cutting off a personal relationship entirely, whereas 決別 can apply more broadly to breaking with a person, group, or way of life.
離り別べつ
離別 is a literary term for being separated (often by death or circumstance), while 決別 implies a conscious, willed decision to part.
断だん絶ぜつN1
断絶 emphasizes the severing of ties or continuity (e.g. between generations or nations), while 決別 centers on a deliberate personal farewell.
告こく別べつ
訣別 is an even more literary word emphasizing a decisive, irrevocable break, while 告別 focuses on the act of formally saying farewell.

再さい会かいN2
再会 means meeting again after a separation, the opposite of 決別's final parting.

決けつ裂れつ
決裂 refers to negotiations or talks breaking down, while 決別 refers to a person deliberately parting from someone or something.

Compound of 決 (decisive) and 別 (separation). The older form 訣別 uses 訣 (parting, farewell), which is a variant character with a similar meaning.