separateness

Noun
Synonyms: discretenessdistinctnessseveraltyotherness

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. the state of being several and distinctSynonyms: discretenessdistinctnessseveralty
  2. political independence“seeking complete political separateness for Taiwan”
  3. the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or knownSynonyms: othernessdistinctness
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Separate \Sep"a*rate\, p. a. [L. separatus, p. p. ]

1.Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; -- said of things once connected. [1913 Webster]

Him that was separate from his brethren.— Gen. xlix. 26.[1913 Webster]

2.Unconnected; not united or associated; distinct; -- said of things that have not been connected. [1913 Webster]

For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinnere.— Heb. vii. 26.[1913 Webster]

3.Disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate spirit; the separate state of souls. [1913 Webster]

Separate estate (Law), an estate limited to a married woman independent of her husband.

Separate maintenance (Law), an allowance made to a wife by her husband under deed of separation. [1913 Webster] -- Sep"a*rate*ly, adv. -- Sep"a*rate*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

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