separation

See also: séparation

English

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /sɛpəˈɹeɪʃən/
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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Etymology

Attested in the 15th Century C.E.; from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French separacion, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin separatio, separationem.

Noun

separation (plural separations)

1. The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.
2. The place at which a division occurs.
3. An interval, gap or space that separates things.
4. (law) An agreement terminating a relationship between husband and wife, but short of a divorce.
5. (military) Departure from active duty, while not necessarily leaving the service entirely.

Related terms

• division
• fission

Antonyms

• (act of disuniting two or more things): annexation, combination, unification

Translations

act of disuniting two or more things

• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܐܒܕܠܬܐ (’abdāltā’) f

  Hebrew: אבדלתא (’abdāltā’) f

• Armenian: սեպարացիոնիզմ (separacʻionizm)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 分割 (zh) (fēngē)

• Czech: separace (cs) f
• Dutch: scheiding (nl) f
• Esperanto: izoleco, izoliteco, apartigo
• Finnish: erottaminen (fi), erottelu (fi), erotteleminen (fi)
• French: séparation (fr) f
• Galician: separación (gl) f
• German: Trennung (de) f
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• Hebrew: הַבְדָּלָה (he) f (havdalá)
• Hungarian: elválasztás (hu)
• Irish: deighilt f, scaradh m
• Italian: separazione (it) f
• Japanese: 分離 (ja) (ぶんり, bunri)
• Latin: dissociatio f
• Portuguese: separação (pt) f
• Romanian: separare (ro) f, izolare (ro) f
• Russian: разделе́ние (ru) n (razdelénije), отделе́ние (ru) n (otdelénije), разъедине́ние (ru) n (razʺjedinénije), разлу́ка (ru) f (razlúka) (parting of people, especially when in love) сепарационизм (ru) n (separacionizm)
• Scottish Gaelic: dealachadh m
• Spanish: separación (es)

the place at which a division occurs

• Galician: separación (gl) f
• Italian: separazione (it) f
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• Portuguese: separação (pt) f

an interval, gap or space that separates things

• French: séparation (fr) f
• Galician: separación (gl) f
• Hungarian: távolság (hu), köz (hu)
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• Irish: deighilt f
• Italian: separazione (it) f
• Portuguese: separação (pt) f

(law) an agreement terminating a relationship

• Galician: separación (gl) f
• Hungarian: különélés
• Italian: separazione (it) f
• Japanese: 離縁 (りえん, rien)
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• Portuguese: separação (pt) f
• Romanian: divorțare f, divorț (ro) n, separare (ro) f
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-ghearradh m

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “separation”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• antioperas
• asperation