separation

Nouns

  • (n) the state of lacking unity
  • (n) coming apart breakup, detachment,
  • (n) the distance between things
    • fragile items require separation and cushioning
    interval,
  • (n) sorting one thing from others
    • the separation of wheat from chaff
    • the separation of mail by postal zones
  • (n) the social act of separating or parting company
    • the separation of church and state
  • (n) the space where a division or parting occurs
    • he hid in the separation between walls
  • (n) the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
  • (n) (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order) legal separation,
  • (n) the act of dividing or disconnecting

Synonyms

breakup detachment interval legal separation

Antonyms

unification union

Words of close approximity

separatism separatist separative
separation energy separationism separationist