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Meaning of separation

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  separation
      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

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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