separation
se puh ray shuhn
- n the state of lacking unity
- n coming apart
- n the distance between things
fragile items require separation and cushioning - n sorting one thing from others
the separation of wheat from chaff
the separation of mail by postal zones - n the social act of separating or parting company
the separation of church and state - n the space where a division or parting occurs
he hid in the separation between walls - n the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
- n (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)
- n the act of dividing or disconnecting
- This trial separation was agreed to with the goal of ultimately strengthening our marriage.
- RCA's Somer concedes that his technique is a compromise: too much separation results in an alteration of the original sound.
- Of all the victims of divorce or separation, paternal grandparents get the least attention.