separation
separation
nounDefinition of SEPARATION
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the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces <the separation of Norway and Sweden into two independent nations in 1905>
Synonyms bifurcation, breakup, cleavage, dissolution, disunion, division, fractionalization, fractionation, partition, schism, scission, split, sundering
Related Words breach, rupture; divorce, severance; decomposition, disassembly, dismemberment, segmentation, subdivision; atomization, dichotomization, polarization; diffusion, dispersal, dispersion, scattering; administration, apportionment, distribution; isolation, seclusion, segregation, sequestration
Near Antonyms assemblage, association; attachment, conjunction, connection, link, linkage, linkup; aggregation, combination, consolidation, fusion
Antonyms unification, union
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the state of being kept distinct <the separation of church and state is an important concept in the United States>
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a movement in different directions away from a common point <a sudden separation of the herd of deer when they were startled>
Related Words difference, disagreement, discrepancy, disparateness, disparity, dissidence, dissimilarity, distinction, distinctiveness, distinctness, diversity, unlikeness
Antonyms convergence
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an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge) <the narrow separation between posts in the fence>
Synonyms breach, break, discontinuity, gulf, hiatus, hole, interstice, interval, opening, rent, rift, separation, void
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the act or process of two or more persons going off in different directions <friends who dreaded the inevitable separation after graduation>
Related Words departure, egress, exit, exiting, exodus, going, leaving, quitting, running away; decamping, decampment, flight, withdrawal; abandonment, desertion, forsaking
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