separation

Meanings

Noun

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

Synonyms

breakup, detachment, interval, legal separation

Antonyms

union