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{{Close Relationships}}
[[File:Breakup-908714 1280.jpg|thumb|A photo resembling a relationship breakup]]
A '''relationship breakup''', or simply just '''breakup''',<ref>{{cite web| url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/breakup?s=t|title=Breakup|publisher=Dictionary.com|access-date=2012-05-28}}</ref> is the termination of a [[Interpersonal relationship|relationship]] by any means other than death. The act is commonly termed "dumping [someone]" in slang when it is initiated by one partner.<ref>{{Cite web|title=dump {{!}} meaning of dump in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English {{!}} LDOCE|url=https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/dump|access-date=2020-07-22|website=www.ldoceonline.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=DUMP (verb) definition and synonyms {{!}} Macmillan Dictionary|url=https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/dump_1|access-date=2020-07-22|website=www.macmillandictionary.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Dump definition and meaning {{!}} Collins English Dictionary|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/dump|access-date=2020-07-22|website=www.collinsdictionary.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=DUMP {{!}} meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary|url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/dump|access-date=2020-07-22|website=dictionary.cambridge.org|language=en}}</ref> The term is less likely to be applied to a [[marriage|married couple]], where a breakup is typically called a [[Legal separation|separation]] or [[divorce]]. When a couple engaged to be married breaks up, it is typically called a "broken engagement".
[[Susie Orbach]] (1992) has argued that the dissolution of dating and cohabiting relationships can be as painful as or more painful than divorce because these nonmarital relationships are less socially recognized.<ref>John H. Harvey, ''Perspectives on Loss'' (1998) p. 106</ref>
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