Disintegration
Pronunciation : Dis*in`te*gra"tion, n. (a) The process by which anything is disintegrated; the condition of anything which is disintegrated. Specifically (b) (Geol.) The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice
Part of Speech : etc.
Definition :
Society had need of further disintegration before it could begin to reconstruct itself locally. Motley.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913