separation

Definitions

1. The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated
2. The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.
   countable, uncountable
3. The act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another
4. The act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another.
   countable, uncountable
5. The act or condition of a married couple living in separate homes while remaining legally married. An agreement legalizing such an arrangement
6. The act or condition of a married couple living in separate homes while remaining legally married.
   countable, uncountable
7. An agreement legalizing such an arrangement
8. An agreement legalizing such an arrangement.
   countable, uncountable
9. The place at which a division occurs
10. The place at which a division occurs.
    countable, uncountable
11. An interval, gap or space that separates things or people.
    countable, uncountable
12. An object that separates two spaces.
    countable, uncountable
13. Departure from active duty, while not necessarily leaving the service entirely.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

32 more languages

العربيةالإفتراقبدبرزخبينتفرقةتقاطعحيلولةفاصلةفراقفرقفرقةفصلمفارقةمقاطعة+ 11 more

Azərbaycan diliayrılıq

Bosanskidisjunkcijajakoodlukaodvojenostrajarazdeobarazdiobarazdvojenostrazilazakrazlazseparacijaдисјункцијаодвојеностраздвојеностраздеобараздиобаразилазакразлазсепарација+ 16 more

Catalàseparació

Češtinaodděleníodlukaseparace

Ελληνικάαποκόλλησηαποχωρισμόςδιάστασηδιαχωρισμόςχώρισμαχωρισμός+ 3 more

Esperantoapartigoizolecoizoliteco

Suomiasumuseroerilläänoloeriytyseroerontekoerossaoloerottaminenerotteluerottuminenerotusirtautuminenjakaminenjakojakokohtajaotteleminenjaottelurailorajaraja-aluerajakohtarakoseparaatioväli+ 20 more

Gaeilgedeighiltscaradh

Gàidhligdealachadheadar-ghearradhsgaradh

Galegoseparación

עבריתהבדלה

हिन्दीअलगावछूटजुदाईत्यागपरिच्छेदप्रभेदफ़र्क़फ़ासलाफ़िराक़भिन्नताविभजनविभेदहिजर+ 10 more

HrvatskidisjunkcijaJakoodlukaodvojenostrajarazdeobarazdiobarazdvojenostrazilazakrazlazseparacijaдисјункцијаодвојеностраздвојеностраздеобараздиобаразилазакразлазсепарација+ 16 more

Magyarelválasztásköztávolság

Bahasa Indonesiaparakpembelahanseparasi

Italianoseparazione

日本語分離別別別離区切り独立解離距遊離隔隔て隔離離縁+ 9 more

한국어가름분리불리유리+ 1 more

Kurdîkoz

Latinaabstractioalienatiodialysisdijugatiodiscidiumdiscretiodiscriminatiodisgregatiodisiunctiodissociātiōdivortiumscismasecretioseductioseparatio+ 12 more

Nederlandsscheiding

ਪੰਜਾਬੀਅਲਹਿਦਗੀ

Polskiabaliowanieoddzielenierozdzielnośćrozłąkarozstanieseparacja+ 3 more

Portuguêsseparação

Românădivorțdivorțareizolareseparare+ 1 more

Русскийотделениеразделениеразлу́каразъедине́ние+ 1 more

СрпскиdisjunkcijaJakoodlukaodvojenostrajarazdeobarazdiobarazdvojenostrazilazakrazlazseparacijaдисјункцијаодвојеностраздвојеностраздеобараздиобаразилазакразлазсепарација+ 16 more

Svenskaåtskillnadavskildhetavskiljandeavskiljningdelningseparationsepareringurskiljning+ 5 more

ไทยการแบ่งแยกเภท

Türkçeayrılık

Українськавідокремленняроз'єднаннярозділеннярозмежуваннясепарація+ 2 more

Examples

“We were a band of brothers, and never dearer to each other than now. The thought which gave us the most pain, was the probable separation which would now take⟳ place⟳, in case we were sold off to the far south, as we were likely to be.”

“[…] my longing for her was undiminished despite our months of near-complete separation.”

“‘If he dares to refuse⟳ me a separation, I’ll have⟳ one in law—I can—and I hope⟳ this will be a warning to all girls who have⟳ seen this disgraceful exhibition.’”

“[…] she [knows] her great-aunt’s concern⟳ over her son Warren, his two divorces, and now Alice’s bitter separation from her husband, Ben.”

“I should have⟳ gone back to her the day after the fair, if it hadn't been for you talking about the law, and rubbish about getting a separation;”

““You are deserting me?” “Don’t be the neglected, dramatic wife, Scarlett. The rôle isn’t becoming. I take⟳ it, then, you do not want⟳ a divorce or even a separation? Well, then, I’ll come⟳ back often enough to keep⟳ gossip down.””

“I was now on the separation of two vast water-sheds; behind me all the streams were bound for the Garonne and the Western Ocean; before me was the basin of the Rhone.”

“[…] gentle friend, for love⟳ and courtesy Lie⟳ further off; in human modesty, Such separation as may well be said Becomes a virtuous bachelor and a maid, So far be distant;”

“[The orchard] was full of trees, it bloomed with flowers: a very high wall shut⟳ it out from the court, on one side; on the other, a beech avenue screened it from the lawn. At the bottom was a sunk fence; its sole separation from lonely fields:”

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