1. The act of leaving secretly or without explanation
   - disappearing 
2. The event of passing out of sight 
3. Gradually ceasing to be visible
   - fade 
4. Ceasing to exist
   "he regretted the disappearance of Greek from school curricula"; "what was responsible for the disappearance of the rainforest?"; "the disappearance of resistance at very low temperatures"

Derived forms: disappearances

See also: disappear

Type of: conclusion, departure, ending, going, going away, happening, leaving, natural event, occurrence, occurrent, termination

Antonym: appearance

Encyclopedia: Disappearance

• dyne
• dysaphia
• dysarthria
• dyscalculia
• dyschezia
• dyscrasia
• Dysdercus
• dysentery
• dysfunction
• dysfunctional
• dysgenesis
• dysgenic
• dysgenics
• dysgraphia
• dyskinesia
• dyslectic
• dyslexia
• dyslexic
• dyslipidaemia
• dyslipidemia
• dyslogia
• dyslogistic
• dysmenorrhea
• dysomia
• dysosmia