bond dissociation

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.B00698
(In ordinary usage the term refers to homolysis only.)
See:
heterolysis
,
homolysis
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077. (Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 1089 [Terms] [Paper]