Among married couples, there has been an increase in divorce and separation with the result that there are many more one-parent families.
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Separation
//ˌsep.əˈɹæɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "separation" (310 found)
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Closest matches (62)
disconnectiondisjunctiondissociationdisuniondivorceaberrationabstractionaesthetic distancealienalienationalterationanalysisanalyzationanatomizationanatomizinganatomyannulmentapartheidapartnessassay
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assayingatomizationbarrierboltingbratticebreachbreach of friendshipbreakbreakdownbreaking downbreaking upbreakupbroken homebroken marriagebufferbuffer statebulkheadbumpercentrifugencechangeclarificationclearancecleavagecleftcloisoncolaturecollision matcolor barcompasscontradistinctioncordoncordon sanitaire
Strong matches (93)
cordoning offcushiondeactivationdecentralizationdecompositiondecree of nullitydeep spacedefectiondemarcationdemobilizationdeploymentdepths of spacedestructive distillationdesynonymizationdetachmentdeviationdiaphragmdiasporadichotomydifferencing
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differentiationdisaffectiondisassociationdisbandmentdiscriminationdisequalizationdisfavordisintegrationdisjointednessdislocationdismembermentdismissaldisorganizationdispersaldispersiondisruptiondissectiondissepimentdissolutiondissolution of marriagedistancedistillationdistinctiondistinctivenessdistinguishmentdisunitydivaricationdivergencedivergencydiversificationdividednessdividing linedividing walldivisiondivorcementdocimasyedulcorationelutionelutriationessentializationestrangementethnocentrismexclusivenessexileextentextractionfalling outfalling-outfanningfanning outfarnessfenderfilteringfiltrationfissionforeignerfracturefracturingfragmentationgrasswidowhoodgravimetric analysis
Related words (155)
gulfhairsplittingindividualizationindividuationinfinityinsularityinsulationinterlocutory decreeinterseptumintervalisolationisolationismjim crowkeeping apartknow-nothingismleachingleewaylegal separationlengthlight year
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light-yearslixiviationmarginmatmicroscopic distinctionmidriffmidsectionmileagemodificationnarrownessnice distinctionnonunionnuanceopen ruptureout groupout-groupoutcastoutsiderpadpanelpariesparochialismparsecsparticularizationpartingpartitionparty wallpercolationpersona non gratapersonalizationperspectivepieceprivacyprivatismprivatizationproperty lineproximate analysispurificationquantitative analysisquarantinequarantine flagrace hatredracial segregationrangereachrecall of ambassadorsrecessreclusionreduction to elementsrefinementreleaseremotenessremovalremoveresolutionretirementretreatriddlingriftrupturerusticationsanitary cordonschismscissionscreeningsecessionseclusionsecrecysegmentationsegregationsemimicroanalysisseparate maintenanceseparatenessseparatismseptulumseptumsequestrationseveralizationseveranceshade of differenceshatteringsheddingshock padsievingsiftingsnobbishnessspacespanspecializationspiritualizationsplayingsplendid isolationsplitsplit upsplit-upsplittingspreadspreadingspreading outstrainingstrangerstretchstridesubdivisionsublimationsubtle distinctionsubtractiontightnesstrichoschistismtrichotomyvariancevariationwallwaywayswinnowingwithdrawalxenophobiayellow flagyellow jackzoning
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3 entriesAntonyms
6 entriesSynonyms
8 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
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derived from
1 entriesdistinct from
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
8 entriesrelated to
34 entriesShowing 16 of 34 words.
Translations
99 translations across 36 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- διάστασις noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
Arabic
1 entries- تَفْرِقَة noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
Aramaic
2 entries- אבדלתא noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
- ܐܒܕܠܬܐ noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- ayrılıq noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
Belarusian
4 entries- аддзяле́нне noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
- раздзяле́нне noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
- разлу́ка noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
- ростань noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
Bulgarian
3 entries- отделяне noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
- разделение noun (act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another)
- разделяне noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
Catalan
1 entries- separació noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 分割 noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
- 分離 /分离 noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
Czech
1 entries- separace noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
Dutch
1 entries- scheiding noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
Esperanto
3 entries- apartigo noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
- izoleco noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
- izoliteco noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
Finnish
4 entries- asumisero noun ((law) an agreement terminating a relationship)
- ero noun (act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another)
- ero noun (an interval, gap or space that separates things)
- erossaolo noun (act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another)
French
2 entries- séparation noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
- séparation noun (an interval, gap or space that separates things)
Galician
4 entries- separación noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
- separación noun (the place at which a division occurs)
- separación noun (an interval, gap or space that separates things)
- separación noun ((law) an agreement terminating a relationship)
German
1 entries- Trennung noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
Hebrew
1 entries- הַבְדָּלָה noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
Hungarian
4 entries- elválasztás noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
- köz noun (an interval, gap or space that separates things)
- különélés noun ((law) an agreement terminating a relationship)
- távolság noun (an interval, gap or space that separates things)
Ingrian
1 entries- erahus noun (act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another)
Irish
3 entries- deighilt noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
- deighilt noun (an interval, gap or space that separates things)
- scaradh noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
Italian
4 entries- separazione noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
- separazione noun (the place at which a division occurs)
- separazione noun (an interval, gap or space that separates things)
- separazione noun ((law) an agreement terminating a relationship)
Japanese
2 entries- 分離 noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
- 離縁 noun ((law) an agreement terminating a relationship)
Korean
1 entries- 분리 noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
Latin
1 entries- dissociatio noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- utskillelse noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
Old English
1 entries- āsyndrung noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Scheedunk noun (the place at which a division occurs)
- Scheedunk noun (an interval, gap or space that separates things)
Polish
3 entries- oddzielenie noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
- separacja noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
- separacja noun ((law) an agreement terminating a relationship)
Portuguese
4 entries- separação noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
- separação noun (the place at which a division occurs)
- separação noun (an interval, gap or space that separates things)
- separação noun ((law) an agreement terminating a relationship)
Punjabi
2 entries- ਅਲਹਿਦਗੀ noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
- ਅਲਹਿਦਗੀ noun (act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another)
Romanian
4 entries- divorț noun ((law) an agreement terminating a relationship)
- divorțare noun ((law) an agreement terminating a relationship)
- izolare noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
- separare noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
Russian
4 entries- отделе́ние noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
- разделе́ние noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
- разлу́ка noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
- разъедине́ние noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- dealachadh noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
- eadar-ghearradh noun ((law) an agreement terminating a relationship)
Spanish
1 entries- separación noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
Swedish
4 entries- delning noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
- separation noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
- separation noun (act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another)
- separation noun (the place at which a division occurs)
Tocharian B
2 entries- putkalñe noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
- tsrālñe noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
Ukrainian
4 entries- відокре́млення noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
- поді́лення noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
- роз'є́днання noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
- розді́лення noun (act of disuniting two or more things)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
The separation of gold from sand is problematic.
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The father and son met after a long separation.
Source: tatoeba (269766)
I was looking forward to the day when I could see him after five years' separation.
Source: tatoeba (321807)
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