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noun(law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)
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nouncoming apart
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"fragile items require separation and cushioning"nounthe distance between things
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"the separation of wheat from chaff" "the separation of mail by postal zones"nounsorting one thing from otherstype of:
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nounthe act of dividing or disconnectingtype of:
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"the separation of church and state"nounthe social act of separating or parting companytype of:
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"he hid in the separation between walls"nounthe space where a division or parting occurstype of:
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nounthe state of lacking unityOpposite:type of:
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nounthe termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)type of:
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change break state space distance divorce result separate tear division breach outcome clearance isolation withdrawal rift removal breakup sorting interval termination severance detachment rupture partition segregation modification seclusion alteration sifting cessation surcease dissociation secession resultant divergence disconnection separateness avulsion disengagement threshing sequestration discontinuity winnow segmentation winnowing divorcement separatism partitioning disconnectedness legal separation falling out change of integrity sectionalisation disjunction disunion divergency remotion sectionalization group action closing off separationism severalty distinctness disassociation disjuncture discreteness final result