SEPARATION
Scrabble letter values: S1E1P3A1R1A1T1I1O1N1 = 12
Definition
- noun the state of lacking unity.
- noun coming apart. — synonyms: breakup, detachment
- noun the distance between things. — synonyms: interval
- noun sorting one thing from others.
- noun the social act of separating or parting company.
- noun the space where a division or parting occurs.
- noun the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal).
- noun (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order). — synonyms: legal_separation
- noun the act of dividing or disconnecting.
Examples
- “fragile items require separation and cushioning”
- “the separation of wheat from chaff”
- “the separation of mail by postal zones”