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sep·a·ra·tion

[sep-uh-rey-shuhn]
noun
1.
an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
2.
a place, line, or point of parting.
3.
a gap, hole, rent, or the like.
4.
something that separates or divides.
5.
Law.
a.
cessation of conjugal cohabitation, as by mutual consent.
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6.
Aerospace. the time or act of releasing a burned-out stage of a rocket or missile from the remainder.
7.
Photography. separation negative.
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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin sēparātiōn- (stem of sēparātiō), equivalent to sēparāt(us) separate + -iōn- -ion

non·sep·a·ra·tion, noun
pre·sep·a·ra·tion, noun
re·sep·a·ra·tion, noun
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Separation is always a great word to know.
So is mandatory. Does it mean:
permitting no option, not to be disregarded or modified
a written agreement deposited with a third person, by whom it is to be delivered to the grantee or promisee on the fulfillment of some condition
Example Sentences
  • It does not provide for separation of church and baseball.
  • Visits now entailed six hours and a stopover in each direction, and the separation felt completely unfair.
  • He may even have accepted the likelihood of separation.
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separation (ˌsɛpəˈreɪʃən)
 
n
1.  the act of separating or state of being separated
2.  the place or line where a separation is made
3.  a gap that separates
4.  family law judicial separation Compare divorce the cessation of cohabitation between a man and wife, either by mutual agreement or under a decree of a court
5.  a.  the act of jettisoning a burnt-out stage of a multistage rocket
 b.  the instant at which such a stage is jettisoned

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Word Origin & History

separation
1413, from O.Fr. separation, from L. separationem, n. of action from separare (see separate). Specific sense of "sundering of a married couple" is attested from 1600. Separation of powers first recorded 1788, in "Federalist" (Hamilton), from Fr. séparée de
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la puissance (Montesquieu, 1748). Separation anxiety first attested 1943.
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