Separation

/ˌsep.əˈɹæɪ.ʃən/

Synonyms for "separation" (378 found)

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Closest matches (76)

Noun(14 words)

detachment division interval abscission asynergybreak apartbreakupbreakup processbreakupsdegree of isolationdepartitiondetached fromdetaching detachments

aberration abstractionaesthetic distancealien alienation alteration analysis analyzation anatomization anatomizing anatomy annulment apartheid apartness assay assaying atomization barrier bolting brattice

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breachbreach of friendshipbreak breakdownbreaking downbreaking upbreakupbroken homebroken marriagebufferbuffer statebulkhead bumper centrifugence change clarification clearance cleavage cleft cloison colaturecollision matcolor barcompass contradistinction cordoncordon sanitairecordoning offcushion deactivation decentralizationdecree of nullitydeep spacedefection demarcation demobilization deploymentdepths of spacedestructive distillationdesynonymization detachment deviation

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dispersion disruption dissection dissepiment dissociation dissolutiondissolution of marriagedistance distillation distinction distinctiveness distinguishment disunion disunity divarication divergence divergency diversification dividednessdividing linedividing walldivision divorce divorcement docimasy edulcoration elution elutriation essentialization estrangement ethnocentrism exclusiveness exile extent extractionfalling outfalling-out fanningfanning outfarness fender filtering filtration fission foreigner fracture fracturing fragmentation grasswidowhoodgravimetric analysisgulf hairsplitting individualization

Noun(38 words)

diastasis disaffiliation disassociationdisassociation from groupdischarging disconnectdisconnected fromdisconnection disconnections discontinuity disengagement disengagements disestablishing disjointing disjunction dislodging disseverance dissociating dissociation distance

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distances distillingdistinct fromdisunification disunion disunity divide dividing divorces divorcing estrangement estrangements extracting extrication gaphospital isolationidea separationinconnection

Verb(2 words)

disengaging individuating

Related words (189)

individuation infinity insularity insulationinterlocutory decreeinterseptum isolation isolationismjim crowkeeping apartknow-nothingism leaching leeway lengthlight yearlight-years lixiviation margin matmicroscopic distinction

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midriff midsection mileage modification narrownessnice distinctionnonunion nuanceopen ruptureopeningout groupout-group outcast outsider pad panel paries parochialism parsecs particularization parting partitionparty wallpercolationpersona non gratapersonalization perspective piece privacy privatism privatizationproperty lineproximate analysispurificationquantitative analysisquarantinequarantine flagrace hatredracial segregationrange reachrecall of ambassadorsrecess reclusionreduction to elementsrefinement release remoteness removal remove resolution retirement retreat riddling rift rupture rusticationsanitary cordonschism scission screening secession seclusion secrecy segmentation segregation semimicroanalysisseparate maintenanceseparateness separatism septulum septum sequestration severalization severanceshade of differenceshattering sheddingshock padsieving sifting snobbishness space span specialization spiritualization splayingsplendid isolationsplitsplit upsplit-up splitting spread spreadingspreading outstraining stranger stretch stride subdivision sublimationsubtle distinctionsubtraction tightness trichoschistism trichotomy variance variation wall way ways winnowing withdrawal xenophobiayellow flagyellow jackzoning

Noun(41 words)

isolate from contaminationisolated to selfisolationsleast communal environmentlegal separationloneliness lonelinessesmixture separationmore isolatedmore unconnectednonconformitynot connectedpart waysparting partition partitioningpeer isolationpull apartrupture secession

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segregating severance severances severing sifts sortingsspace the chairssplit splits splittings standoff sunderance sunderingsystem boundaryterminations uncoupling unhinging unpairingunrelated tounrelated to icelandwithdrawal

Adjective(5 words)

mechanical detachmentmilitary detachmentphysical isolationregional disunityunconnected patches

Determiner(2 words)

no energy transferthe distance

Verb(4 words)

polarize opinionssplit upsundersungroup cells

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

22 entries

alteration cessation changechange of integritycondition distanceemotional stateextentfinal resultgroup actionmodification outcome processrelationship changeresult resultant

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More specific

9 entries

alienation disassembly estrangementgeographic distancepartitioningphysical spacingsegmentationtemporal gapwithdrawal

Collocations

5 entries

geographic separationlegal separationphysical separationseparation anxietyseparation distance

Inflections

1 entries

separations

Derivations

5 entries

separable separate separately separative separator

Antonyms

1 entries

union

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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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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The separation of gold from sand is problematic.

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The father and son met after a long separation.

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I was looking forward to the day when I could see him after five years' separation.

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