separation

noun

1. the state of lacking unity

Definition categories: state

2. coming apart

Similar word(s): breakup, detachment

Definition categories: event, alteration, change, modification

3. the distance between things

- fragile items require separation and cushioning

Similar word(s): interval

Definition categories: attribute, distance

4. sorting one thing from others

- the separation of wheat from chaff

- the separation of mail by postal zones

Definition categories: act, sorting

5. the social act of separating or parting company

- the separation of church and state

Definition categories: act

6. the space where a division or parting occurs

- he hid in the separation between walls

Definition categories: location, space

7. the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)

Definition categories: event, outcome, result, resultant, termination

8. (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)

Definition categories: act, cessation, surcease

9. the act of dividing or disconnecting

Definition categories: act