separation

Attested in the 15th Century CE; borrowed from Old French separacion, from Latin separatio, separationem.

• IPA^(key): /sɛpəˈɹeɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

separation (countable and uncountable, plural separations)

1. The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.
2. The place at which a division occurs.
3. An interval, gap or space that separates things.
4. (law) An agreement terminating a relationship between a married couple, but short of a divorce.
5. (military) Departure from active duty, while not necessarily leaving the service entirely.

• (act of disuniting two or more things): annexation, combination, unification

• division
• fission

• “separation” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

• antioperas, asperation