Antonyms for separation
ˌsɛp əˈreɪ ʃənsep·a·ra·tion

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1. separation

   Antonyms:
   alliance, coalition, compact, confederacy, confederation, federation, fusion, league, partnership, union

   Synonyms:
   antagonism, discord, disunion, divorce, enmity, hostility, schism, secession, war

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1. separation

   Synonyms:
   disunion, disjunction, disconnection, disengagement, dissociation

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Change Of Integrity
   • Distance
   • Group Action
   • Result
   • Sorting
   • Space
   • State

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1. separationnoun

   the state of lacking unity

   Antonyms:
   unification, union

   Synonyms:
   breakup, detachment, interval, legal separation

2. separation, breakup, detachmentnoun

   coming apart

   Antonyms:
   union, unification

   Synonyms:
   legal separation, insulation, separation, dissolution, disengagement, insularism, detachment, breakup, withdrawal, insularity, interval

3. interval, separationnoun

   the distance between things

   "fragile items require separation and cushioning"

   Antonyms:
   union, unification

   Synonyms:
   breakup, musical interval, detachment, time interval, interval, legal separation, separation

4. separationnoun

   sorting one thing from others

   "the separation of wheat from chaff"; "the separation of mail by postal zones"

   Antonyms:
   union, unification

   Synonyms:
   breakup, detachment, interval, legal separation

5. separationnoun

   the social act of separating or parting company

   "the separation of church and state"

   Antonyms:
   union, unification

   Synonyms:
   breakup, detachment, interval, legal separation

6. separationnoun

   the space where a division or parting occurs

   "he hid in the separation between walls"

   Antonyms:
   unification, union

   Synonyms:
   breakup, detachment, interval, legal separation

7. separationnoun

   the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)

   Antonyms:
   union, unification

   Synonyms:
   breakup, detachment, interval, legal separation

8. legal separation, separationnoun

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

   Antonyms:
   unification, union

   Synonyms:
   breakup, detachment, legal separation, judicial separation, interval, separation

9. separationnoun

   the act of dividing or disconnecting

   Antonyms:
   unification, union

   Synonyms:
   breakup, detachment, interval, legal separation

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1. separationnoun

   Synonyms:
   division, segregation, disunion, disconnection, sequestration, disjunction, dissolution, disengagement, disintegration, insulation, isolation, rupture, dissociation, divorce, analysis, decomposition, detachment, demarcation, severance, partition, deglutination

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1. league

   Submitted by anonymous on July 5, 2020  

How to use separation in a sentence?

1. Ray Zaccaro:

   Before Senator Merkley demanded to see these facilities, they were shrouded in secrecy and Americans had no idea the extent to which the Administration's zero tolerance policy led to the incarceration of children and separation from their families, given their track record of obfuscation, it's not surprising to learn HHS has found public disclosure inconvenient.

2. Nicole Curtis:

   Just because babies can’t speak doesn’t mean they are not thinking, [I am] really being an advocate right now for infant mental health because separation from mothers… I’m a breastfeeding mother….

3. Kerri Talbot:

   The Trump administration is doubling down on its own disgraceful family separation policy, instead of stopping this abuse, the White House is trying to give family separation a makeover, hoping no one will notice.

4. Zhang Xiaoming:

   The dual responsibility of chief executive to the central government and Hong Kong has given him a special legal position which is above the executive, legislative and judicial institutions, hong Kong is not a political system that exercises the separation of powers.

5. Julie Linton:

   For Latin American migrants, circumstances are very different, so I don't know how general that research may be, but what I take away from this is that family separation is detrimental to child health and well-being and that keeping families together whenever possible is best.

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