separation

Noun (9)

1. the state of lacking unityOpposite unificationType of stateKinds discontinuity, isolation, discreteness, disjunction, disassociationAttribute of separate
2. coming apartSynonyms: breakupdetachmentType of change, alterationKinds rupture, break
3. the distance between things“fragile items require separation and cushioning”Synonyms: intervalType of distanceKinds clearance
4. sorting one thing from others“the separation of wheat from chaff”“the separation of mail by postal zones”Type of sortingKinds threshing, winnow
5. the social act of separating or parting company“the separation of church and state”Type of group actionKinds divorce, isolation, segregation, separationism, seclusion
6. the space where a division or parting occurs“he hid in the separation between walls”Type of space
7. the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
8. (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)Synonyms: legal separation
9. the act of dividing or disconnecting