separation

About 27.74 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

detachment breakup interval disjunction dissociation disassociation disconnection severance decoupling disconnect

Often followed by

of from between and is in was or anxiety

Word family

separations