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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
Separation
separation
separation
See also: Separation and séparation
English
Noun
separation (countable and uncountable, plural separations)
- The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.
- The place at which a division occurs.
- An interval, gap or space that separates things.
- (law) An agreement terminating a relationship between husband and wife, but short of a divorce.
- (military) Departure from active duty, while not necessarily leaving the service entirely.
Related terms
Antonyms
- (act of disuniting two or more things): annexation, combination, unification
Translations
act of disuniting two or more things
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the place at which a division occurs
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an interval, gap or space that separates things
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(law) an agreement terminating a relationship
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References
- “separation” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).