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Separation

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Noun

1. separation

the state of lacking unity

2. breakup, detachment, separation

coming apart

3. interval, separation

the distance between things

Example Sentences:
'fragile items require separation and cushioning'

4. separation

sorting one thing from others

Example Sentences:
'the separation of wheat from chaff'
'the separation of mail by postal zones'

5. separation

the social act of separating or parting company

Example Sentences:
'the separation of church and state'

6. separation

the space where a division or parting occurs

Example Sentences:
'he hid in the separation between walls'

7. separation

the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)

8. legal separation, separation

(law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)

9. separation

the act of dividing or disconnecting

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Separation

see synonyms of separation
noun
1. 
the act of separating or state of being separated
2. 
the place or line where a separation is made
3. 
a gap that separates
4. family law
the cessation of cohabitation of a married couple, either by mutual agreement or under a decree of a court
Compare judicial separation, divorce
5. 
a. 
the act of jettisoning a burnt-out stage of a multistage rocket
b. 
the instant at which such a stage is jettisoned

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Separation

see synonyms of separation
noun
1. 
a separating or being separated
2. 
the place where a separating occurs; break; division; gap
3. 
something that separates
4. 
an arrangement by which a husband and wife live apart by agreement or by court decree

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Separation

see synonyms of separation
n.
1.
a. The act or process of moving apart or forcing something apart: the separation of continents from a single landmass; the separation of railroad cars from a train.
b. The condition of being apart, especially the condition of two people who had lived together or been married living in different places.
c. An interval or space that separates; a gap: The separation between the lead runner and the pack was getting longer.
2.
a. The process of sorting or distinguishing into different components, groups, or categories: the gradual separation of the sciences into physical and biological.
b. The condition of being so sorted or distinguished: the unquestioned separation of labor by gender.
3. Law
a. The voluntary cessation by spouses of cohabitation and other marital relations.
b. A formal legal severing of the relations between spouses that does not dissolve the marriage as in divorce.
c. In some jurisdictions, divorce.
4. Discharge, as from employment or military service.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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