| 释义 |
Noun: separation `sepu'reyshun- The state of lacking unity
- Coming apart
- breakup, detachment - The distance between things
"fragile items require separation and cushioning"
- interval - Sorting one thing from others
"the separation of wheat from chaff"; "the separation of mail by postal zones" - The social act of separating or parting company
"the separation of church and state" - The space where a division or parting occurs
"he hid in the separation between walls" - The termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
- (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)
- legal separation - The act of dividing or disconnecting
Derived forms: separations See also: separate Type of: alteration, cessation, change, change of integrity, distance, final result, group action, modification, outcome, result, resultant, sorting, space, state, surcease, termination Antonym: union Encyclopedia: Separation |