| separation | the act of dividing or disconnecting |
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| separation | the social act of separating or parting company |
| separation | (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order) |
| separation | sorting one thing from others |
| separation | the distance between things |
| separation | termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal) |
| separation | coming apart |
| separation | the space where a division or parting occurs |
| separation | the state of lacking unity |
| separation | the energy required to separate particles from a molecule or atom or nucleus |