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separation en · NOUN

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/ˌsep.əˈɹæɪ.ʃən/ (Australia)
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/ˌsɛp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ (UK, US)

Etymology

Attested in the 15th Century C.E.; from Middle English separacioun, from Old French separacion, from Latin separatio, separationem. Morphologically separate + -ion.

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.
(countable, uncountable) The act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another.
- […] my longing for her was undiminished despite our months of near-complete separation. 2007, Mohsin Hamid, chapter 10, in The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Orlando: Harcourt, page 141:
- We were a band of brothers, and never dearer to each other than now. The thought which gave us the most pain, was the probable separation which would now take place, in case we were sold off to the far south, as we were likely to be. 1855, Frederick Douglass, chapter 19, in My Bondage and My Freedom. […], New York; Auburn, N.Y.: Miller, Orton & Mulligan […], →OCLC:
(countable, uncountable) The act or condition of a married couple living in separate homes while remaining legally married.
- ‘If he dares to refuse me a separation, I’ll have one in law—I can—and I hope this will be a warning to all girls who have seen this disgraceful exhibition.’ 1839, Charles Dickens, chapter 44, in Nicholas Nickleby:
- […] she [knows] her great-aunt’s concern over her son Warren, his two divorces, and now Alice’s bitter separation from her husband, Ben. 1993, Carol Shields, chapter 8, in The Stone Diaries, Toronto: Vintage, published 1994, page 302:
(countable, uncountable) The act or condition of a married couple living in separate homes while remaining legally married. ▸ An agreement legalizing such an arrangement.
- I should have gone back to her the day after the fair, if it hadn't been for you talking about the law, and rubbish about getting a separation; 1874, Thomas Hardy, chapter 52, in Far from the Madding Crowd. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC:
- “You are deserting me?” “Don’t be the neglected, dramatic wife, Scarlett. The rôle isn’t becoming. I take it, then, you do not want a divorce or even a separation? Well, then, I’ll come back often enough to keep gossip down.” 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, chapter LXIII, in Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC:
(countable, uncountable) The place at which a division occurs.
- I was now on the separation of two vast water-sheds; behind me all the streams were bound for the Garonne and the Western Ocean; before me was the basin of the Rhone. 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Heart of the Country”, in Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes:
(countable, uncountable) An interval, gap or space that separates things or people.
- […] gentle friend, for love and courtesy Lie further off; in human modesty, Such separation as may well be said Becomes a virtuous bachelor and a maid, So far be distant; c. 1595, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, act II, scene 2:
(countable, uncountable) An object that separates two spaces.
- [The orchard] was full of trees, it bloomed with flowers: a very high wall shut it out from the court, on one side; on the other, a beech avenue screened it from the lawn. At the bottom was a sunk fence; its sole separation from lonely fields: 1847, Charlotte Brontë, chapter 23, in Jane Eyre:
(countable, uncountable) Departure from active duty, while not necessarily leaving the service entirely.

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Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
separations	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (101)

ro divorț ((law) an agreement terminating a relationship) · nb utskillelse (act of disuniting two or more things) · gd dealachadh (act of disuniting two or more things) · it separazione (the place at which a division occurs) · nl scheiding (act of disuniting two or more things) · arc ܐܒܕܠܬܐ (act of disuniting two or more things) · ru разлу́ка (act of disuniting two or more things) · ru разъедине́ние (act of disuniting two or more things) · pa ਅਲਹਿਦਗੀ (act of disuniting two or more things) · pl separacja (act of disuniting two or more things) · fi väli (an interval, gap or space that separates things) · pdt Scheedunk (an interval, gap or space that separates things) · ja 離縁 ((law) an agreement terminating a relationship) · ru разделе́ние (act of disuniting two or more things) · ga deighilt (an interval, gap or space that separates things) · fi ero (an interval, gap or space that separates things) · az ayrılıq (act of disuniting two or more things) · fi jakokohta (the place at which a division occurs) · uk розді́лення (act of disuniting two or more things) · bg разделяне (act of disuniting two or more things) · hu köz (an interval, gap or space that separates things) · pt separação (an interval, gap or space that separates things) · ja 分離 (act of disuniting two or more things) · gl separación (an interval, gap or space that separates things) · pl oddzielenie (act of disuniting two or more things) · pt separação (the place at which a division occurs) · uk роз'є́днання (act of disuniting two or more things) · gl separación (act of disuniting two or more things) · cmn 分離 /分离 (act of disuniting two or more things) · es separación (act of disuniting two or more things) · be разлу́ка (act of disuniting two or more things) · pt separação (act of disuniting two or more things) · uk поді́лення (act of disuniting two or more things) · ang āsyndrung (act of disuniting two or more things) · hu különélés ((law) an agreement terminating a relationship) · uk відокре́млення (act of disuniting two or more things) · de Trennung (act of disuniting two or more things) · txb tsrālñe (act of disuniting two or more things) · hi विच्छेद (act of disuniting two or more things) · fi raja-alue (the place at which a division occurs) · fi erossaolo (act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another) · fi erottelu (act of disuniting two or more things) · pa ਅਲਹਿਦਗੀ (act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another) · fi asumisero ((law) an agreement terminating a relationship) · la dissociatio (act of disuniting two or more things) · fi rako (an interval, gap or space that separates things) · fi jaottelu (act of disuniting two or more things) · fi ero (act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another) · fi rajakohta (the place at which a division occurs) · fr séparation (act of disuniting two or more things) · be аддзяле́нне (act of disuniting two or more things) · ar تَفْرِقَة (act of disuniting two or more things) · sv delning (act of disuniting two or more things) · fi railo (an interval, gap or space that separates things) · hu távolság (an interval, gap or space that separates things) · gl separación (the place at which a division occurs) · it separazione (an interval, gap or space that separates things) · sv separation (act of disuniting two or more things) · gl separación ((law) an agreement terminating a relationship) · fi jako (act of disuniting two or more things) · eo izoliteco (act of disuniting two or more things) · fi erotteleminen (act of disuniting two or more things) · fi erottaminen (act of disuniting two or more things) · cmn 分割 (act of disuniting two or more things) · ro separare (act of disuniting two or more things) · txb putkalñe (act of disuniting two or more things) · it separazione (act of disuniting two or more things) · sv separation (an interval, gap or space that separates things) · uk розлу́ка (act of disuniting two or more things) · arc אבדלתא (act of disuniting two or more things) · grc διάστασις (act of disuniting two or more things) · fi raja (the place at which a division occurs) · ro separare ((law) an agreement terminating a relationship) · bg отделяне (act of disuniting two or more things) · fi jakaminen (act of disuniting two or more things) · bg разделение (act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another) · ga scaradh (act of disuniting two or more things) · fi jaotteleminen (act of disuniting two or more things) · ko 분리 (act of disuniting two or more things) · sv separation (act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another) · ro divorțare ((law) an agreement terminating a relationship) · eo izoleco (act of disuniting two or more things) · sv separation (the place at which a division occurs) · cs separace (act of disuniting two or more things) · be ростань (act of disuniting two or more things) · izh erahus (act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another) · pl separacja ((law) an agreement terminating a relationship) · fr séparation (an interval, gap or space that separates things) · gd eadar-ghearradh ((law) an agreement terminating a relationship) · ro izolare (act of disuniting two or more things) · be раздзяле́нне (act of disuniting two or more things) · pdt Scheedunk (the place at which a division occurs) · hu elválasztás (act of disuniting two or more things) · ru отделе́ние (act of disuniting two or more things) · eo apartigo (act of disuniting two or more things) · hi वियोग (act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another) · it separazione ((law) an agreement terminating a relationship) · ca separació (act of disuniting two or more things) · he הַבְדָּלָה (act of disuniting two or more things) · pt separação ((law) an agreement terminating a relationship) · ga deighilt (act of disuniting two or more things)

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