Dictionary entry details
• SEPARATION (noun)
Meaning:
The act of dividing or disconnecting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("separation" is a kind of...):
change of integrity (the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "separation"):
avulsion (a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another)
divergence; divergency (the act of moving away in different direction from a common point)
division; partition; partitioning; sectionalisation; sectionalization; segmentation (the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart)
remotion; removal (the act of removing)
tear (the act of tearing)
detachment; disengagement (the act of releasing from an attachment or connection)
division (the act or process of dividing)
disconnection; disjunction (the act of breaking a connection)
disunion (the termination or destruction of union)
secession; withdrawal (formal separation from an alliance or federation)
dissociation (the act of removing from association)
Instance hyponyms:
Secession (the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War)
Meaning:
Coming apart
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
breakup; separation; detachment
Hypernyms ("separation" is a kind of...):
alteration; change; modification (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "separation"):
break (the occurrence of breaking)
breach; break; falling out; rift; rupture; severance (a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions))
Meaning:
The state of lacking unity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("separation" is a kind of...):
state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)
Attribute:
separate (independent; not united or joint)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "separation"):
discreteness; distinctness; separateness; severalty (the state of being several and distinct)
isolation (a state of separation between persons or groups)
discontinuity (lack of connection or continuity)
disconnectedness; disconnection; disjunction; disjuncture (state of being disconnected)
disassociation (the state of being unconnected in memory or imagination)
Antonym:
union (the state of being joined or united or linked)
Meaning:
The distance between things
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
interval; separation
Context example:
fragile items require separation and cushioning
Hypernyms ("separation" is a kind of...):
distance (the property created by the space between two objects or points)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "separation"):
clearance (the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them)
Meaning:
Sorting one thing from others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context examples:
the separation of wheat from chaff / the separation of mail by postal zones
Hypernyms ("separation" is a kind of...):
sorting (grouping by class or kind or size)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "separation"):
threshing (the separation of grain or seeds from the husks and straw)
sifting; winnow; winnowing (the act of separating grain from chaff)
Meaning:
The social act of separating or parting company
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
the separation of church and state
Hypernyms ("separation" is a kind of...):
group action (action taken by a group of people)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "separation"):
separationism; separatism (advocacy of a policy of strict separation of church and state)
segregation; sequestration (the act of segregating or sequestering)
closing off; isolation (the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others)
seclusion (the act of secluding yourself from others)
divorce; divorcement (the legal dissolution of a marriage)
Meaning:
The space where a division or parting occurs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Context example:
he hid in the separation between walls
Hypernyms ("separation" is a kind of...):
space (an area reserved for some particular purpose)
Meaning:
The termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("separation" is a kind of...):
final result; outcome; result; resultant; termination (something that results)
Meaning:
(law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
legal separation; separation
Hypernyms ("separation" is a kind of...):
cessation; surcease (a stopping)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
