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separation > 9 senses
NOUN1separationThe act of dividing or disconnecting
2separation, breakup, detachmentComing apart
3separationThe state of lacking unity
4separation, intervalThe distance between things
5separationSorting one thing from others
6separationThe social act of separating or parting company
7separationThe space where a division or parting occurs
8separationThe termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
9separation, legal separation(law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)
separation > pronunciation
Soundsseh.perey'shahn
RhymesAachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2521 more rhymes in ahn...
separation > noun 1, act
MeaningThe act of dividing or disconnecting.
Broaderchange of integrity
Narroweravulsion; dissociation; secession, withdrawal; disunion; disconnection, disjunction; division; detachment, disengagement; tear; removal, remotion; division, partition, partitioning, segmentation, sectionalization, sectionalisation; divergence, divergency
InstancesSecession
Verbsseparate
separation > noun 2, event
MeaningComing apart.
Synonymsbreakup, detachment
Broaderchange, alteration, modification
Narrowerrupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out; break
Verbsseparate
separation > noun 3, state
MeaningThe state of lacking unity.
Contraryunion, unification
Broaderstate
Narrowerdiscreteness, distinctness, separateness, severalty; isolation; discontinuity; disjunction, disjuncture, disconnection, disconnectedness; disassociation
Attributesseparate
separation > noun 4, attribute
MeaningThe distance between things.
Examples"fragile items require separation and cushioning"
Synonymsinterval
Broaderdistance
Narrowerclearance
separation > noun 5, act
MeaningSorting one thing from others.
Examples"the separation of wheat from chaff"; "the separation of mail by postal zones"
Broadersorting
Narrowerthreshing; winnow, winnowing, sifting
Verbsseparate
separation > noun 6, act
MeaningThe social act of separating or parting company.
Examples"the separation of church and state"
Broadergroup action
Narrowerdivorce, divorcement; seclusion; isolation, closing off; segregation, sequestration; separationism, separatism
Verbsseparate
separation > noun 7, location
MeaningThe space where a division or parting occurs.
Examples"he hid in the separation between walls"
Broaderspace
separation > noun 8, event
MeaningThe termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal).
Broaderresult, resultant, final result, outcome, termination
separation > noun 9, act
Meaning(law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order).
Synonymslegal separation
Categorylaw, jurisprudence
Broadercessation, surcease
Verbsseparate

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