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