separation

sep·a·ra·tion  (sp-rshn)

n.

1.

a. The act or process of separating.

b. The condition of being separated.

2. The place at which a division or parting occurs.

3. An interval or space that separates; a gap.

4.

a. Law An agreement or court decree terminating a spousal relationship.

b. Discharge, as from employment or military service.

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separation

Noun

1. the act of separating: the separation of child from mother

2. Family law the living apart of a married couple without divorce

3. a mark, line, or object that separates one thing from another

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Separation

abalienation

the act of estrangement or separation, as in marriage. Also alienation.

alienation

abalienation.

severalty

the state or condition of being separate. See also property and ownership.

severance

1. the act or process of severing or separating.
2. the state or condition of being severed or separated, as in the ending of a relationship.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	separation - the state of lacking unity state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" discreteness, separateness, severalty, distinctness - the state of being several and distinct isolation - a state of separation between persons or groups discontinuity - lack of connection or continuity disconnectedness, disconnection, disjunction, disjuncture - state of being disconnected disassociation - the state of being unconnected in memory or imagination; "I could not think of him in disassociation from his wife" unification, union - the state of being joined or united or linked; "there is strength in union"
	2.	separation - coming apart breakup, detachment alteration, change, modification - an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago" falling out, severance, rupture, rift, breach, break - a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" break - the occurrence of breaking; "the break in the dam threatened the valley"
	3.	separation - the distance between things; "fragile items require separation and cushioning" interval distance - the property created by the space between two objects or points clearance - the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them
	4.	separation - sorting one thing from others; "the separation of wheat from chaff"; "the separation of mail by postal zones" threshing - the separation of grain or seeds from the husks and straw; "they used to do the threshing by hand but now there are machines to do it" sorting - grouping by class or kind or size sifting, winnow, winnowing - the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women"
	5.	separation - the social act of separating or parting company; "the separation of church and state" group action - action taken by a group of people divorce, divorcement - the legal dissolution of a marriage seclusion - the act of secluding yourself from others closing off, isolation - the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others sequestration, segregation - the act of segregating or sequestering; "sequestration of the jury" separationism, separatism - advocacy of a policy of strict separation of church and state
	6.	separation - the space where a division or parting occurs; "he hid in the separation between walls" space - an area reserved for some particular purpose; "the laboratory's floor space"
	7.	separation - the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal) final result, outcome, resultant, termination, result - something that results; "he listened for the results on the radio"
	8.	separation - (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order) legal separation cessation, surcease - a stopping; "a cessation of the thunder" law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
	9.	separation - the act of dividing or disconnecting change of integrity - the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something avulsion - a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another dissociation - the act of removing from association secession, withdrawal - formal separation from an alliance or federation disunion - the termination or destruction of union disjunction, disconnection - the act of breaking a connection division - the act or process of dividing disengagement, detachment - the act of releasing from an attachment or connection tear - the act of tearing; "he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear" remotion, removal - the act of removing; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy" sectionalisation, sectionalization, segmentation, partitioning, partition, division - the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart divergence, divergency - the act of moving away in different direction from a common point; "an angle is formed by the divergence of two straight lines" withdrawal - the act of ceasing to participate in an activity

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separation

noun 1. division, break, segregation, detachment, severance, disengagement, dissociation, disconnection, disjunction, disunion

noun 2. split-up, parting, split, divorce, break-up, farewell, rift, estrangement, leave-taking

Translations

separation [sɛpəˈreɪʃən] n → separación f

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separation [sɛpəˈreɪʃən] separate n → séparation f

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separation [sɛpəˈreɪʃən] separate n → Trennung f

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separation [sɛpəˈreɪʃən] n → separazione f