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Noun separation has 9 senses

separation - the act of dividing or disconnecting
--₁ is a kind of change of integrity
--₁ has particulars:

Derived form: verb separate₂

separation, breakup, detachment - coming apart
--₂ is a kind of change, alteration, modification
--₂ has particulars:
rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out; break

Derived form: verb separate₅
separation - the state of lacking unity
--₃ is a kind of integrity, unity, wholeness
Antonyms: union, unification
--₃ has particulars:
discreteness, distinctness, separateness, severalty; isolation; discontinuity; disjunction, disjuncture, disconnection, disconnectedness; disassociation
interval, separation - the distance between things; "fragile items require separation and cushioning"
--₄ is a kind of distance
--₄ has particulars: clearance
separation - sorting one thing from others; "the separation of wheat from chaff"; "the separation of mail by postal zones"
--₅ is a kind of sorting
--₅ has particulars: threshing; winnow, winnowing, sifting
Derived form: verb separate₆
separation - the social act of separating or parting company; "the separation of church and state"
--₆ is a kind of group action
--₆ has particulars:
divorce, divorcement; seclusion; isolation, closing off; segregation, sequestration

Derived form: verb separate₁₁
separation - the space where a division or parting occurs; "he hid in the separation between walls"
--₇ is a kind of space
separation - termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
--₈ is a kind of result, resultant, final result, outcome, termination
legal separation, separation - (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)
--₉ is a kind of cessation, surcease

Derived form: verb separate₁₀