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separation meaning and definition
Definition and meaning of separation at MeaningMonkey.org. separation meaning and definition in the English Dictionary.SEPARATION noun
Definition of separation (noun)
- the state of lacking unity
- antonym: unification
- coming apart
- synonyms: breakup, detachment
- the distance between things
- "fragile items require separation and cushioning"
- synonyms: interval
- sorting one thing from others
- "the separation of wheat from chaff"; "the separation of mail by postal zones"
- the social act of separating or parting company
- "the separation of church and state"
- the space where a division or parting occurs
- "he hid in the separation between walls"
- the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
- (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)
- synonyms: legal separation
- the act of dividing or disconnecting
Source: Princeton University Wordnet