Dis*mem"ber*ment (?), n. [Cf. OF.
desmembrement, F. démembrement.] The act of
dismembering, or the state of being dismembered; cutting in piece;
m?tilation; division; separation.
The Castilians would doubtless have resented the
dismemberment of the unwieldy body of which they formed the
head.
Macaulay.