| NOUN | state | separation | the state of lacking unity |
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| event | separation, breakup, detachment | coming apart | |
| attribute | separation, interval | the distance between things | |
| act | separation | sorting one thing from others | |
| act | separation | the social act of separating or parting company | |
| location | separation | the space where a division or parting occurs | |
| event | separation | the termination of employment / employment (by resignation or dismissal) | |
| act | separation, legal separation | (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement / agreement or under a court order) | |
| act | separation | the act of dividing or disconnecting |
| Sounds | seh.perey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The state of lacking unity. | |
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| Attributes | separate | Independent |
| Narrower | disassociation | The state of being unconnected in memory or imagination |
| discontinuity | lack of connection or continuity | |
| discreteness, distinctness, separateness, severalty | The state of being several and distinct | |
| disjunction, disjuncture, disconnection, disconnectedness | state of being disconnected | |
| isolation | A state of separation between persons or groups | |
| Broader | state | The way something is with respect to its main attributes |
| Opposite | union, unification | The state of being joined or united or linked |
| Spanish | separación | |
| Catalan | desunió, separació | |
| Meaning | coming apart. | |
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| Synonyms | breakup, detachment | |
| Narrower | break | The occurrence of breaking |
| rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out | A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) | |
| Broader | change, alteration, modification | An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another |
| Spanish | alejamiento, desapego, desprendimiento, desunión, separación | |
| Catalan | despreniment, desunió, ruptura, separació | |
| Verbs | separate | come apart |
| Meaning | The distance between things. | |
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| Example | "fragile items require separation and cushioning" | |
| Synonym | interval | |
| Narrower | clearance | The distance by which one thing clears another |
| Broader | distance | The property created by the space between two objects or points |
| Spanish | separación | |
| Catalan | distància, interval, separació | |
| Meaning | sorting one thing from others. | |
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| Examples |
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| Narrower | threshing | The separation of grain or seeds from the husks and straw |
| winnow, winnowing, sifting | The act of separating grain from chaff | |
| Broader | sorting | grouping by class or kind or size |
| Spanish | separación | |
| Catalan | separació | |
| Verbs | separate | divide into components or constituents |
| Meaning | The social act of separating or parting company. | |
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| Example | "the separation of church and state" | |
| Narrower | divorce, divorcement | The legal dissolution of a marriage |
| isolation, closing off | The act of isolating something | |
| seclusion | The act of secluding yourself from others | |
| segregation, sequestration | The act of segregating or sequestering | |
| separationism, separatism | advocacy of a policy of strict separation of church and state | |
| Broader | group action | action taken by a group of people |
| Spanish | separación | |
| Catalan | separació | |
| Verbs | separate | go one's own way / way |
| Meaning | The space where a division or parting occurs. | |
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| Example | "he hid in the separation between walls" | |
| Broader | space | An area reserved for some particular purpose |
| Meaning | The termination of employment / employment (by resignation or dismissal). | |
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| Broader | result, resultant, final result, outcome, termination | Something that results |
| Spanish | baja | |
| Meaning | (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement / agreement or under a court order). | |
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| Synonym | legal separation | |
| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Broader | cessation, surcease | A stopping |
| Spanish | separación legal | |
| Catalan | separació legal | |
| Verbs | separate | discontinue an association / association / association or relation |
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