Separation - Definition

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