What is the meaning of breaking away?

noun

• The act of breaking away or withdrawing from.
  • usage: "there was a breakaway by the discontented members"; "a breaking away from family and neighborhood"
  • synonyms: breakaway
• Departing hastily.

verb

• Move away or escape suddenly.
  • usage: "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out-this prison is high security"
  • synonyms: break, break out, break away
• Break off (a piece from a whole. )
  • usage: "Her tooth chipped"
  • synonyms: chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off
• Interrupt a continued activity.
  • usage: "She had broken with the traditional patterns"
  • synonyms: break, break away
• Withdraw from an organization or communion.
  • usage: "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
  • synonyms: secede, splinter, break away
• Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run.
  • usage: "If you see this man, run"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
  • synonyms: scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away