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The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or separate.

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  1. n. The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or separate.
  2. n. Chemical analysis.
  3. n. Divorce.
  4. n. The operation of removing water from steam.
  5. n. the state of lacking unity
  6. n. coming apart
  7. n. the distance between things
  8. n. sorting one thing from others
  9. n. the social act of separating or parting company
  10. n. the space where a division or parting occurs
  11. n. the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
  12. n. (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)