separation

英 [sepə'reɪʃ(ə)n] 美[,sɛpə'reʃən]

• n. 分离，分开；间隔，距离；[法] 分居；缺口

1. the act of dividing or disconnecting

2. coming apart

3. the state of lacking unity

4. the distance between things;

"fragile items require separation and cushioning"

5. sorting one thing from others;

"the separation of wheat from chaff"

"the separation of mail by postal zones"

6. the social act of separating or parting company;

"the separation of church and state"

7. the space where a division or parting occurs;

"he hid in the separation between walls"

8. termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)

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