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Webster 1913 Edition
Separation
Sepˊa-ra′tion
,Noun.
[L.
separatio
: cf. F. séparation
.] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Separation
SEPARA'TION
,Noun.
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. Num. 6.
3. The operation of disuniting or decomposing substances; chimical analysis.
4. Divorce; disunion of married persons.
Definition 2024
séparation
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See also: separation and Separation