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Definition of separation : 1. Chemical analysis.
2. Divorce.
3. The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or separate.
4. The operation of removing water from steam.

Synonyms:

joint custody, sequestration, insularism, disjuncture, disseverance, access, gap, disseverment, allocation, dissolve, judicial separation, legal separation, break up, segmentation, co-respondent, insularity, departure, severance, ex, insulation, assemble, musical interval, time interval, parting, interstice, leave-taking, withdrawal, disunion, alimony, open, same, include, interval, divorcement, subdivision, contact, farewell, uncoupling, interspace, rationing

disengagement, split, fissure, dissection, partition, disarticulation, amputation, disunity, disassembly, bisection, divorce, cleavage, disassociation, break, part, rent, slice, cut, incision, disintegration, disconnection

estrangement, annulment, widowhood

rift

deflection, divarication

differentiation, discrimination, distinction, discernment, demarcation

foreignness, inapplicability, alienation, detachment, division, breach, extraneousness, dissociation, difference, other, disjunction, remoteness, segregation, irrelevance

banishment, excommunication, exclusion, expatriation, elimination, reclusion, disbarment, extirpation, exile, loneliness, removal, deportation, standoffishness, ostracism, aloneness, isolation, captivity, xenophobia, misanthropy, confinement, apartheid, aloofness, rejection, seclusion, extradition, solitude, ejection, anonymity, eradication

disbursement, diffraction, dissolution, dispersal, divergence, distribution, refraction, evanescence, diffusion, dislocation, evaporation, scattering, breakup, dispersion, radiation

inadmissibility, impertinence, inappropriateness, outlandishness, strangeness, disaffiliation

Usage examples:

• The separation from your " Lohengrin" was difficult to me. - "Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 1", Francis Hueffer (translator).
• The bond which had existed between these two grew stronger as the time of separation became nearer. - "Dorian", Nephi Anderson.
• The living of Hillside would be resigned in favour of Martyn in the spring, and meantime he would gain more experience at Beachharbour, and this would break the separation to the Fordyces. - "Chantry House", Charlotte M. Yonge.