separation Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun the state of lacking unity
   
2. noun coming apart
   breakup; detachment.
   
3. noun the distance between things
   interval.
   
   • fragile items require separation and cushioning
4. noun sorting one thing from others
   
   • the separation of wheat from chaff
   • the separation of mail by postal zones
5. noun the social act of separating or parting company
   
   • the separation of church and state
6. noun the space where a division or parting occurs
   
   • he hid in the separation between walls
7. noun the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
   
8. noun (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)
   legal separation.
   
9. noun the act of dividing or disconnecting
   

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