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separation
A	noun
	1	separation
			the act of dividing or disconnecting
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚change of integrity ╚separation ╚divergence; divergency ╚division; partition; partitioning; segmentation; sectionalization; sectionalisation ╚removal; remotion ╚tear ╚detachment; disengagement ╚division ╚disconnection; disjunction ╚disunion ╚Secession ╚secession; withdrawal ╚dissociation ╚avulsion
	2	separation
			the social act of separating or parting company; "the separation of church and state"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚group action ╚separation ╚segregation; sequestration ╚isolation; closing off ╚seclusion ╚divorce; divorcement
	3	legal separation, separation
			(law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚ending; conclusion; finish ╚stop; halt ╚cessation; surcease ╚legal separation, separation
	4	separation
			sorting one thing from others; "the separation of wheat from chaff"; "the separation of mail by postal zones"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚grouping ╚sorting ╚separation ╚winnow; winnowing; sifting ╚threshing
	5	interval, separation
			the distance between things; "fragile items require separation and cushioning"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚position; spatial relation ╚placement; arrangement ╚spacing; spatial arrangement ╚distance ╚interval, separation ╚clearance
	6	separation
			termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚ending; conclusion; finish ╚result; resultant; final result; outcome; termination ╚separation
	7	separation, breakup, detachment
			coming apart
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚change; alteration; modification ╚separation, breakup, detachment ╚break ╚rupture; breach; break; severance; rift; falling out
	8	separation
			the space where a division or parting occurs; "he hid in the separation between walls"
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚region ╚area; country ╚space ╚separation
	9	separation
			the state of lacking unity
		Category Tree: state ╚integrity; unity; wholeness ╚separation ╚disassociation ╚disjunction; disjuncture; disconnection; disconnectedness ╚discontinuity ╚isolation ╚discreteness; distinctness; separateness; severalty

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