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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SEPARA'TION, n. [L. separatio.]
1. The act of separating, severing or disconnecting; disjunction; as the separation of the soul from the body.
2. The state of being separate; disunion; disconection.
All the days of his separation he is holy to the lord. Numbers 6.
3. The operation of disuniting or decomposing substances; chimical analysis.
4. Divorce; disunion of married persons.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the state of lacking unity [ant: unification, union]
2: coming apart [syn: separation, breakup, detachment]
3: the distance between things; "fragile items require separation and cushioning" [syn: interval, separation]
4: sorting one thing from others; "the separation of wheat from chaff"; "the separation of mail by postal zones"
5: the social act of separating or parting company; "the separation of church and state"
6: the space where a division or parting occurs; "he hid in the separation between walls"
7: the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
8: (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order) [syn: legal separation, separation]
9: the act of dividing or disconnecting

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century 1. the act or process of separating ; the state of being separated 2. a. a point, line, or means of division b. an intervening space ; gap <the separation between wheel spokes> 3. a. cessation of cohabitation between a married couple by mutual agreement or judicial decree b. termination of a contractual relationship (as employment or military service)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the act or an instance of separating; the state of being separated. 2 (in full judicial separation or legal separation) an arrangement by which a husband and wife remain married but live apart. 3 any of three or more monochrome reproductions of a coloured picture which can combine to reproduce the full colour of the original. Phrases and idioms: separation order an order of court for judicial separation. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L separatio -onis (as SEPARATE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Separation Sep`a*ra"tion, n. [L. separatio: cf. F. s['e]paration.] The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or separate. Specifically: (a) Chemical analysis. (b) Divorce. (c) (Steam Boilers) The operation of removing water from steam. Judicial separation (Law), a form of divorce; a separation of man and wife which has the effect of making each a single person for all legal purposes but without ability to contract a new marriage. --Mozley & W.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(separations) 1. The separation of two or more things or groups is the fact that they are separate or become separate, and are not linked. ...a 'Christian republic' in which there was a clear separation between church and state. N-VAR: oft N of/from/between n 2. During a separation, people who usually live together are not together. All children will tend to suffer from separation from their parents and siblings. N-VAR 3. If a couple who are married or living together have a separation, they decide to live apart. They agreed to a trial separation. N-VAR

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

sep-a-ra'-shun: In the Pentateuch the word niddah specially points to a state of ceremonial uncleanness (Le 12:2,5; 15:20 ff; Nu 6:4 ff; 12:13; 19:21). For a description of the "water of purification," used for cleansing what was ceremonially unclean (Nu 19), see HEIFER, RED; UNCLEANNESS. For "separation" in the sense of nezer, see NAZIRITE.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Disjunction, dissociation. 2. Disunion, disconnection, division. 3. Analysis, decomposition, disunion. 4. Divorce, disunion.

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