訣けつ絶ぜつ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

breaking off a relationship; severing ties

Rare term; modern Japanese almost always uses 絶交 (ぜっこう) instead. May appear in older or literary texts.

See also: 絶交

• 古ふるい手て紙がみに「訣けつ絶ぜつの辞じ」と書かかれていた。

  In an old letter, it was written as 'words of severance'.

• 友ゆう人じんとの訣けつ絶ぜつは、彼かれにとってつらい決けつ断だんだった。

  Breaking off ties with his friend was a painful decision for him.