Helping to share the web since 1996
Use the search bar above to find dictionary definitions - click home to search Link Centre for websites.
Dictionary definition for: Separation
1. (n) the act of dividing or disconnecting
3. (n) the state of lacking unity
4. (n) the distance between things; "fragile items require separation and cushioning"
5. (n) sorting one thing from others; "the separation of wheat from chaff" "the separation of mail by postal zones"
6. (n) the social act of separating or parting company; "the separation of church and state"
7. (n) the space where a division or parting occurs; "he hid in the separation between walls"
8. (n) termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
9. (n) (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)
WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.