separation Meaning and Definition

1. n. the act of dividing or disconnecting

2. n. the social act of separating or parting company

3. n. (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)

4. n. sorting one thing from others

5. n. the distance between things

6. n. the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)

7. n. coming apart

8. n. the space where a division or parting occurs

9. n. the state of lacking unity