| separation | | |
| n. (state) | 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" |
| n. (event) | 2. breakup, detachment, separation | coming apart. |
| ~ 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, breach, rift, 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" |
| n. (attribute) | 3. interval, separation | the distance between things.; "fragile items require separation and cushioning" |
| ~ 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. |
| n. (act) | 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" |
| n. (act) | 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. |
| n. (location) | 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" |
| n. (event) | 7. separation | the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal). |
| ~ final result, outcome, resultant, result, termination | something that results.; "he listened for the results on the radio" |
| n. (act) | 8. legal separation, separation | (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order). |
| ~ 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" |
| n. (act) | 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. |
| ~ secession | the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War. |
| ~ 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, partitioning, segmentation, 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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