nnoun.statethe state of lacking unityAttributes:separate
Antonyms:union
Hypernyms:state
Inherited Hypernyms:separationstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:disassociationdisconnectednessdisconnectiondiscontinuitydiscretenessdisjunctiondisjuncturedistinctnessisolationseparatenessseveralty
Full Hyponyms:alienationanomiebosomconfidentialitydisassociationdiscontinuitydiscretenessdisjointednessdisjunctionhiddennesshidingincoherenceinsulationisolationlonelinessprivacyquarantineseparabilitysolitude
nnoun.eventcoming apartSynset:breakup detachment
Derivationally Related Form:separatedetachbreak up
Hypernyms:alteration change modification
Inherited Hypernyms:separationchangehappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:breachbreakfalling outriftruptureseverance
Full Hyponyms:breakruptureschismsnap
nnoun.attributethe distance between thingsSynset:interval
Examples:- fragile items require separation and cushioning
Hypernyms:distance
Inherited Hypernyms:intervaldistancespacingplacementpositionrelationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:clearance
nnoun.actsorting one thing from othersExamples:- the separation of wheat from chaff
- the separation of mail by postal zones
Derivationally Related Form:separate
Hypernyms:sorting
Inherited Hypernyms:separationsortinggroupingactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:siftingthreshingwinnowwinnowing
Full Hyponyms:threshingwinnow
nnoun.actthe social act of separating or parting companyExamples:- the separation of church and state
Derivationally Related Form:separate
Hypernyms:group action
Inherited Hypernyms:separationgroup actionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:separationgroup actioneventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:closing offdivorcedivorcementisolationseclusionsegregationseparationismseparatismsequestration
Full Hyponyms:cocooningdivorceisolationquarantineseclusionsegregationseparationism
nnoun.locationthe space where a division or parting occursExamples:- he hid in the separation between walls
Hypernyms:space
Inherited Hypernyms:separationspacearearegionlocationobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.eventthe termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)Hypernyms:final result outcome result resultant termination
Inherited Hypernyms:separationresultendinghappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.act(law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)Topic:jurisprudencelaw
Synset:legal separation
Derivationally Related Form:separate
Hypernyms:cessation surcease
Inherited Hypernyms:legal separationcessationstopendinghappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.actthe act of dividing or disconnectingDerivationally Related Form:separate
Hypernyms:change of integrity
Inherited Hypernyms:separationchange of integritychangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:avulsiondetachmentdisconnectiondisengagementdisjunctiondissociationdisuniondivergencedivergencydivisionpartitionpartitioningremotionremovalsecessionsectionalisationsectionalizationsegmentationtearwithdrawal
Instance Hyponyms:Secession
Full Hyponyms:abscissionabstractionatomizationautotomyavulsionbank runbank withdrawalbifurcationbisectionbowdlerismbowdlerizationbranchingbreakawaycensoringcircumcisioncleavagecomstockerycornhuskingcutdecontaminationdeforestationdeletiondenudationdermabrasiondetachmentdetribalizationdichotomizationdisconnectiondisembowelmentdisinvestmentdislodgmentdissectiondissociationdisuniondivaricationdivergencedivisiondraineliminationemptyingexpunctionexpurgationextractionfibrillationfractionationlacerationoversimplificationparcellationquantizationquarteringrationalizationremovalrentrinseschismscissionsecessionseptationseverancesimplificationskimmingslicingsubdivisionsyllabicationteartrifurcationundercutwithdrawalword divisionzoning