Separation

Quick meaning: Separation is a noun meaning The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.

Meaning

The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.

More Meanings

1. The act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another.
2. The act or condition of a married couple living in separate homes while remaining legally married.
3. The place at which a division occurs.
4. An interval, gap or space that separates things or people.
5. An object that separates two spaces.
6. (military) Departure from active duty, while not necessarily leaving the service entirely.

Example Sentences

[…] my longing for her was undiminished despite our months of near-complete separation.

[…] she [knows] her great-aunt’s concern over her son Warren, his two divorces, and now Alice’s bitter separation from her husband, Ben.

‘If he dares to refuse me a separation, I’ll have one in law—I can—and I hope this will be a warning to all girls who have seen this disgraceful exhibition.’

I was now on the separation of two vast water-sheds; behind me all the streams were bound for the Garonne and the Western Ocean; before me was the basin of the Rhone.

Word Forms

• separations

Synonyms for separation

Depending on context, synonyms include detachment, departition, disassociation, disconnection, discontinuity, disengagement.

Antonyms for separation

Common opposites include junction, annexation, combination, unification, composite, conjunction.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include detachment, breakup, interval, disjunction, dissociation, disassociation.

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