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sep·a·ra·tion

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–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.

Law.

a.	cessation of conjugal cohabitation, as by mutual consent.

b.	judicial separation.

6.	Aerospace. the time or act of releasing a burned-out stage of a rocket or missile from the remainder.

7.	Photography. separation negative.

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME < L séparātiōn- (s. of séparātiō), equiv. to séparāt(us) separate + -iōn- -ion

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sep·a·ra·tion Audio Help (sěp'ə-rā'shən) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. The act or process of separating.
2. The condition of being separated.
3. Law An agreement or court decree terminating a spousal relationship.
4. Discharge, as from employment or military service.
The place at which a division or parting occurs.
An interval or space that separates; a gap.
1. Law An agreement or court decree terminating a spousal relationship.
2. Discharge, as from employment or military service.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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 la puissance (Montesquieu, 1748). Separation anxiety first attested 1943.

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separation
noun
1.	the state of lacking unity [ant: unification]
2.	coming apart
3.	the distance between things; "fragile items require separation and cushioning" [syn: interval]
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]
9.	the act of dividing or disconnecting

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
ˌsepaˈration1 noun

the act of separating or the state or period of being separated
Example: They were together again after a separation of three years.

Arabic:	فَصْل، إنْفِصال
Chinese (Simplified):	分离
Chinese (Traditional):	分離
Czech:	rozdělení
Danish:	adskillelse
Dutch:	scheiding
Estonian:	lahutamine, lahusolek
Finnish:	ero, erottaminen
French:	séparation
German:	die Trennung
Greek:	χωρισμός
Hungarian:	elválasztás; különélés
Icelandic:	(að)skilnaður
Indonesian:	perpisahan
Italian:	separazione

Japanese:	分離
Korean:	분리, 별거
Latvian:	atšķirtība
Lithuanian:	išsiskyrimas, gyvenimas atskirai
Norwegian:	atskillelse
Polish:	oddzielnie, rozłąka
Portuguese (Brazil):	separação
Portuguese (Portugal):	separação
Romanian:	separare
Russian:	разделение; разлука; расставание
Slovak:	rozdelenie
Slovenian:	ločitev
Spanish:	separación
Swedish:	separation
Turkish:	ayrılma

ˌsepaˈration2 noun

a (legal) arrangement by which a husband and wife remain married but live separately

Arabic:	إنفِصال بين زَوْجَيْن
Chinese (Simplified):	法院判定的夫妻分居（不离婚）
Chinese (Traditional):	法院判定的夫妻分居(不離婚)
Czech:	rozluka
Danish:	separation
Dutch:	scheiding van tafel en bed
Estonian:	lahuselu
Finnish:	asumusero
French:	séparation
German:	die Trennung
Greek:	διάσταση (για αντρόγυνο)
Hungarian:	különélés
Icelandic:	hjónaskilnaður (að borði og sæng)
Indonesian:	hidup pisah ranjang
Italian:	separazione

Japanese:	別居
Korean:	(법적) 부부 별거 조정
Latvian:	šķiršanās
Lithuanian:	išsiskyrimas, gyvenimas atskirai
Norwegian:	separasjon
Polish:	separacja
Portuguese (Brazil):	separação
Portuguese (Portugal):	separação
Romanian:	separare
Russian:	раздельное жительство супругов
Slovak:	rozluka
Slovenian:	ločitev
Spanish:	separación
Swedish:	skilsmässa
Turkish:	ayrı yaşama

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: sep·a·ra·tion
Pronunciation: "sep-&-'rA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : the process of isolating or extracting from or of becoming isolated from a mixture; also : the resulting state
2 : DISLOCATION —see SHOULDER SEPARATION

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: sep·a·ra·tion
Pronunciation: "se-p&-'rA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : cessation of cohabitation between a married couple by mutual agreement with intent that it be permanent; also : LEGAL SEPARATION —compare DIVORCE
NOTE: In some cases in which the estrangement is extreme, a separation is considered to have occurred even when the couple retain the same residence if they have stopped communicating and engaging in sexual relations and intend to be separated.
2 : termination of a contractual relationship (as employment or military service)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

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