Defenition of the word separation

• Defenition of the word separation

  • the distance between things; "fragile items require separation and cushioning"
  • the act of dividing or disconnecting
  • the social act of separating or parting company; "the separation of church and state"
  • sorting one thing from others: "the separation of wheat from chaff"; "the separation of mail by postal zones"
  • the state of lacking unity
  • coming apart
  • (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)
  • sorting one thing from others; "the separation of wheat from chaff"; "the separation of mail by postal zones"
  • termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
  • the space where a division or parting occurs; "he hid in the separation between walls"
  • the social act of separating or parting company
  • sorting one thing from others
  • the distance between things
  • the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
  • the space where a division or parting occurs

Synonyms for the word separation

• • breakup
  • detachment
  • interval

Hyponyms for the word separation

• • avulsion
  • breach
  • break
  • clearance
  • closing off
  • detachment
  • disassociation
  • disconnectedness
  • disconnection
  • discontinuity
  • discreteness
  • disengagement
  • disjunction
  • disjuncture
  • dissociation
  • distinctness
  • disunion
  • divergence
  • divergency
  • division
  • divorce
  • divorcement
  • falling out
  • isolation
  • partition
  • partitioning
  • remotion
  • removal
  • rift
  • rupture
  • secession
  • seclusion
  • sectionalisation
  • sectionalization
  • segmentation
  • segregation
  • separateness
  • separationism
  • separatism
  • sequestration
  • severalty
  • severance
  • sifting
  • tear
  • threshing
  • winnow
  • winnowing
  • withdrawal

Hypernyms for the word separation

• • alteration
  • cessation
  • change
  • change of integrity
  • distance
  • final result
  • group action
  • integrity
  • modification
  • outcome
  • result
  • resultant
  • sorting
  • space
  • state
  • surcease
  • termination
  • unity
  • wholeness

Antonyms for the word separation

• • unification
  • union

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