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

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1. separation

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

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

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1. separation

   Synonyms:
   disunion, disjunction, disconnection, disengagement, dissociation

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1. separationnoun

   the state of lacking unity

   Synonyms:
   breakup, detachment, interval, legal separation

   Antonyms:
   unification, union

2. separation, breakup, detachmentnoun

   coming apart

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

   Antonyms:
   union, unification

3. interval, separationnoun

   the distance between things

   "fragile items require separation and cushioning"

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

   Antonyms:
   union, unification

4. separationnoun

   sorting one thing from others

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

   Synonyms:
   breakup, detachment, interval, legal separation

   Antonyms:
   union, unification

5. separationnoun

   the social act of separating or parting company

   "the separation of church and state"

   Synonyms:
   breakup, detachment, interval, legal separation

   Antonyms:
   union, unification

6. separationnoun

   the space where a division or parting occurs

   "he hid in the separation between walls"

   Synonyms:
   breakup, detachment, interval, legal separation

   Antonyms:
   unification, union

7. separationnoun

   the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)

   Synonyms:
   breakup, detachment, interval, legal separation

   Antonyms:
   union, unification

8. legal separation, separationnoun

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

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

   Antonyms:
   unification, union

9. separationnoun

   the act of dividing or disconnecting

   Synonyms:
   breakup, detachment, interval, legal separation

   Antonyms:
   unification, union

Matched Categories

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

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1. separationnoun

   Synonyms:
   disjunction, disunion, disconnection, disengagement, dissociation, isolation

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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. List of paraphrases for "separation":

   disengagement, segregation, separating, unbundling, separator, secession, splitting, spacing, spacer, distinction, split, seam, parting, distance, termination, cessation, separations, division, separated, barrier, buffer, chapter, break-up, departure, stand-off, severance, separatism, partitioning, decoupling, isolation, breakup, separate, gap

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How to use separation in a sentence?

1. Patrick Conley:

   The word' Democratic Providence' is for God's divine providence in giving Roger Williams a place to establish the American principle of religious liberty and church-state separation, you want to wipe that away ?

2. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm.Sommers:

   It does seem like there is a separation of what we hear from Energy Department and what we hear from the podium at the White House.

3. 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.

4. Nurul Izzah:

   A pardon based on a miscarriage of justice, a separation met with an eventual embrace, we have got much to do, many more injustices to fight.

5. Merrick Garland:

   Consistent with our commitment to the rule of law, we must ensure that full weight is accorded to separation-of-powers concerns moving forward.