"separation" | Definition and Related Words

separation

Noun

The state of lacking unity (synset 114437698)
tells us about: separate - independent; not united or joint

is a type of: state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes
subtypes:
- discreteness, distinctness, separateness, severalty - the state of being several and distinct
- isolation - a state of separation between persons or groups
- discontinuity - lack of connection or continuity
- disconnectedness, disconnection, disjunction, disjuncture - state of being disconnected
- disassociation - the state of being unconnected in memory or imagination
Coming apart (synset 107346000)
is a type of: alteration, change, modification - an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
subtypes:
- breach, break, falling out, rift, rupture, severance - a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- break - the occurrence of breaking
same as: breakup, detachment
The distance between things (synset 105097154)
"fragile items require separation and cushioning"

is a type of: distance - the property created by the space between two objects or points

subtypes: clearance - the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them

same as: interval
Sorting one thing from others (synset 101256840)
"the separation of wheat from chaff"; "the separation of mail by postal zones"

is a type of: sorting - grouping by class or kind or size
subtypes:
- threshing - the separation of grain or seeds from the husks and straw
- sifting, winnow, winnowing - the act of separating grain from chaff
The social act of separating or parting company (synset 101203511)
"the separation of church and state"

is a type of: group action - action taken by a group of people
subtypes:
- divorce, divorcement - the legal dissolution of a marriage
- seclusion - the act of secluding yourself from others
- closing off, isolation - the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others
- segregation, sequestration - the act of segregating or sequestering
- separationism, separatism - advocacy of a policy of strict separation of church and state
The space where a division or parting occurs (synset 108664696)
"he hid in the separation between walls"

is a type of: space - an area reserved for some particular purpose
The termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal) (synset 107310009)
is a type of: final result, outcome, result, resultant, termination - something that results
(law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order) (synset 101203919)
referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority

is a type of: cessation, surcease - a stopping

same as: legal separation
The act of dividing or disconnecting (synset 100384414)
is a type of: change of integrity - the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something
subtypes:
- avulsion - a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another
- dissociation - the act of removing from association
- secession, withdrawal - formal separation from an alliance or federation
- disunion - the termination or destruction of union
- disconnection, disjunction - the act of breaking a connection
- division - the act or process of dividing
- detachment, disengagement - the act of releasing from an attachment or connection
- tear - the act of tearing
- remotion, removal - the act of removing
- division, partition, partitioning, sectionalisation, sectionalization, segmentation - the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
- divergence, divergency - the act of moving away in different direction from a common point
- withdrawal - the act of ceasing to participate in an activity
specific instances: secession - the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War

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