separation

IPA: sɛpɝˈeɪʃʌn

The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.
The act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another.
The act or condition of a married couple living in separate homes while remaining legally married.
(law) An agreement legalizing such an arrangement.
The place at which a division occurs.
An interval, gap or space that separates things or people.
An object that separates two spaces.
(military) Departure from active duty, while not necessarily leaving the service entirely.

Examples of "separation" in Sentences

James Madison used the term separation between religion and government?
Did Bowe gain separation from the defender at the break point, which is the instant he makes his move?
The term separation of church and state has been used in interpreting the First Amendment for a long time.
In that case, they would put the word separation in the Ego column and the word unity in the Spirit column.
Does a a receiver gain separation from the defender at the break point, which is the instant he makes his move?
I think this separation is also important in Job, but it is exactly what the characters in dialogue have to learn.
I got on my high horse, predictably, and said the separation is artificial and even perilous (see the post directly below)
The term separation of church and state does not appear in the constitution, it appeared in a letter that Thomas Jefferson wrote to the Danbury Baptists in 1802.
After gathering the ball at the edge of the area, Pauleta weaved to his right and then his left to gain separation from the defender before smacking the ball past goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek.