Union.
Synonyms:
| coalition, | conjunction, | juncture, | unification, |
| combination, | junction, | oneness, | unity. |
Unity is oneness, the state of being one, especially of that which never has been divided or of that which can not be conceived of as resolved into parts; as, the unity of God or the unity of the human soul. Union is a bringing together of things that have been distinct, so that they combine or coalesce to form a new whole, or the state or condition of things thus brought together; in a union the separate individuality of the things united is never lost sight of; we speak of the union of the parts of a fractured bone or of the union of hearts in marriage. But unity can be said of that which is manifestly or even conspicuously made up of parts, when a single purpose or ideal is so subserved by all that their possible separateness is lost sight of; as, we speak of the unity of the human body, or of the unity of the church. Compare ALLIANCE; ASSOCIATION; ATTACHMENT; HARMONY; MARRIAGE.
Antonyms:
| analysis, | decomposition, | disjunction, | disunion, | divorce, | separation, |
| contrariety, | disconnection, | dissociation, | division, | schism, | severance. |