separation

Noun

• the act of dividing or disconnecting

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

• the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)

• the space where a division or parting occurs
  • he hid in the separation between walls
    

• the social act of separating or parting company
  • the separation of church and state
    

• sorting one thing from others
  • the separation of wheat from chaff
    
  • the separation of mail by postal zones
    

• the distance between things
  • fragile items require separation and cushioning
    

• coming apart

• the state of lacking unity

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  legal separation , interval , breakup , detachment
• Antonyms: 
  union , unification