Open-ended - With worked solutions · SET 19 Question 43

Choose a word with the opposite or nearly the opposite meaning to UNION. Read the English words as written. AI reconstruction: the response is adapted to a written explanation for self-review. Explain your choice and the sense in which the words contrast. More than one interpretation may be defensible; compare your reasoning with the worked solution.
Words: confederation, rupture, divorce, alteration, junction.