1. (

• rift ,

) a gap between cloud masses; "the sun shone through a rift in the clouds" ;

2. (

• rift

) a narrow fissure in rock ;

3. (

• rupture ,
• breach ,
• break ,
• severance ,
• rift ,
• falling_out

) a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" ;