separations
Distances kept apart
Separations are acts or instances of parting, dividing, or distinguishing.
A separation between spouses is a period of living apart, often preceding divorce: They agreed to a trial separation.
In employment, separation covers any departure—resignation, termination, or retirement.
The word often implies distance or distinction: the separation of church and state, the separation between theory and practice.
Legal end of matrimony
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- breakupRomantic relationship's termination
- splitSeparation into parts
- riftCrack or estrangement
custody · alimony · annulment · dissolution · alienation · falling-out · parting · schism
Dividing into sections
- segmentationDivision into sections
- bifurcationDivision into two branches
- subdivisionPortion of something larger
- fragmentationBreaking into smaller pieces
dissection · cleavage · splitting · sectioning · apportionment · categorization · compartmentalization · stratification
Leave-taking expression
- goodbyeDeparting salutation
- partingAct of leaving another
- leave-takingAct of saying goodbye
- sendoffFarewell event or gesture
airport · platform · emigration · relocation · moving · dispatch · embarkation · valediction
Barrier separating spaces
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- dividerThing that partitions
- wallVertical enclosing structure
- fenceBoundary structure between properties
border · boundary · demarcation · gap · space · interval · buffer · membrane
Isolation preventing disease transmission
- segregationForced separation by group
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- solitudeState of being alone
- exileBanishment from homeland
ostracism · withdrawal · remoteness · apartheid · lockdown · containment · cordoning · distancing
Act of removing
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
- distillationPurification via vaporization
- centrifugationSpinning to separate densities
- chromatographyTechnique separating mixtures by differential migration
precipitation · decantation · sedimentation · purification · fractionation · electrophoresis · sieving · evaporation
divorce
Legal end of matrimony
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- breakupRomantic relationship's termination
- splitSeparation into parts
rift · custody · alimony · annulment · dissolution · alienation · falling-out · parting · schism · disunion
partitioning
Dividing into sections
- segmentationDivision into sections
- bifurcationDivision into two branches
- subdivisionPortion of something larger
fragmentation · dissection · cleavage · splitting · sectioning · apportionment · categorization · compartmentalization · stratification · sorting
farewell
Leave-taking expression
- goodbyeDeparting salutation
- partingAct of leaving another
- leave-takingAct of saying goodbye
sendoff · airport · platform · emigration · relocation · moving · dispatch · embarkation · valediction · adieu
partition
Barrier separating spaces
fence · border · boundary · demarcation · gap · space · interval · buffer · membrane · screen
quarantine
Isolation preventing disease transmission
- segregationForced separation by group
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- solitudeState of being alone
exile · ostracism · withdrawal · remoteness · apartheid · lockdown · containment · cordoning · distancing · exclusion
extraction
Act of removing
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
- distillationPurification via vaporization
- centrifugationSpinning to separate densities
chromatography · precipitation · decantation · sedimentation · purification · fractionation · electrophoresis · sieving · evaporation · crystallization
- divisionssection, sections, segment, segments, subdivision
- splitssplits, divisions, partings, breaks, fractures
- boundariesboundary, boundary line, borders, border, edges
- Navy Careersnaval careers, navy personnel, enlisted ranks, naval ranks, officer corps
- prepresspreflighting, preflight check, CMYK, cyan, yellow
- screen printingsilkscreen, serigraphy, stencil, squeegee, mesh screen
separationsunions
Combinations or confederations
combinations · integrations · mergers · unifications · fusions
separationsmarriages
Legal spousal unions
reunions · unions · reconciliations · reunifications · attachments
separationsgatherings
Occasions of congregating
congregations · assemblies · aggregations · convergences · joinings
- legal separationFormal marital split, not dissolution
- separation anxietyDistress from being apart
- trial separationTemporary marital distance
- degree of separationLinks between two people
- separation of church and stateConstitutional religious neutrality principle
- family separationKin kept apart